OCC Market: A Shoppable, Curated Exhibition from Object Enthusiasts
Monica Khemsurov curated a shoppable exhibition, the OCC Market, featuring 12 mini collections from collectors.
Monica Khemsurov, co-founder of Sight Unseen and Tetra, has curated a shoppable exhibition featuring 12 mini collections from 10 different people. Khemsurov had the idea to ask fellow object enthusiasts ? ones who are known to collect certain items at flea markets, shops, or eBay ? to participate and the OCC Market (which stands for Obsessive Compulsive Collections) came alive. Each of the collections includes eight or more items of the same genre, which are now available at Coming Soon’s project space, the Plyroom, in NYC.
PERPETUAL CALENDARS from Joseph Magliaro, designer and former co-founder of Table of Contents Marshall McLuhan believed that outmoded technologies often return as works of art. In that vein, I like to think of the perpetual desk calendar ? a staple of pre-digital 20th century office life obviated by the smartphone and personal computer ? as a form ripe for recuperation as an enabler of symbolic rites. The perpetual calendar offers no practical benefit today, functioning instead as an instance of memento mori. The only reason to turn its dials or click its buttons is to remind us that another day has passed, and that to take advantage of our openness to the world, we shouldn?t feel paralyzed by angst, but rather called to action, obligated to engage as many possibilities as we can in the time that remains.
TRAVEL WI...
Monica Khemsurov, co-founder of Sight Unseen and Tetra, has curated a shoppable exhibition featuring 12 mini collections from 10 different people. Khemsurov had the idea to ask fellow object enthusiasts ? ones who are known to collect certain items at flea markets, shops, or eBay ? to participate and the OCC Market (which stands for Obsessive Compulsive Collections) came alive. Each of the collections includes eight or more items of the same genre, which are now available at Coming Soon’s project space, the Plyroom, in NYC.
PERPETUAL CALENDARS from Joseph Magliaro, designer and former co-founder of Table of Contents Marshall McLuhan believed that outmoded technologies often return as works of art. In that vein, I like to think of the perpetual desk calendar ? a staple of pre-digital 20th century office life obviated by the smartphone and personal computer ? as a form ripe for recuperation as an enabler of symbolic rites. The perpetual calendar offers no practical benefit today, functioning instead as an instance of memento mori. The only reason to turn its dials or click its buttons is to remind us that another day has passed, and that to take advantage of our openness to the world, we shouldn?t feel paralyzed by angst, but rather called to action, obligated to engage as many possibilities as we can in the time that remains.
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