my week in objects, mostly.

June 22, 2018

five little things that made my week.

1. these lemons.

{but mostly getting to host a lemonade stand. details below!}

2. this tiny assortment.

{but mostly the air conditioner to keep us cool on nights we most needed it.}

3. these cups.

{for helping us through picnic season.}

4. this drying rack.

{but really just finding new places for old things.}

5. these prisms.

{still more old things in new places.}

other things:

this weekend: stand for kids. (we’ll be selling lemonade at poppy’s in brooklyn. more info on instagram.)

how to help families now.

objects, mostly.

they’re making unaccompanied children.

a long history of tearing apart families.

tender-age kids.

what are people doing?

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3 Comments

  • Reply Kirsten June 22, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    That article about the janitor collecting seized items reminded me of another really important project run by Jason DeLeon, a professor in my department. He’s been collecting artifacts left by migrants in the Arizona desert for years, and has begun showing them in installations. I remember walking through one of the first ones and being overcome by loss. Just walls of hundreds and hundreds of backpacks and water bottles and socks. The magnitude really reminds me that for every roll of toilet paper, there was someone carrying it with a story.

    The NYT covered his installations last year: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/arts/design/state-of-exception-estado-de-excepcion-parsons-mexican-immigration.html , but the collection is called “State of Exception” if anyone would like to check it out.

  • Reply Judith A Ross June 23, 2018 at 9:51 am

    Thank you for all that your are doing against the administration’s latest fascistic initiative. Today my husband and I are going over to Occupy PDX to deliver some much needed supplies. We must continue our activism and maintain our outrage.

  • Reply mado June 25, 2018 at 12:57 am

    Thanks for these really real links.

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