Used to contain: gum wrapper, wine cork, dime, fast food receipt, and water. Now contains: Micky Mouse plush with a mistaken identity, working yet useless headphones, a stolen binder clip that evokes guilt and may never find its real owner.
A can tab and a bottle cap to remember good times. Comfort brought from the string a sorority sweatshirt and a friend’s earring and other reminders of a small life in vast world.
A collection of used to be items Thing that had a purpose to someone or something that have been separated from the thing that gave them meaning and the purpose they once served.
This jar contains the basics of what a fall loving college athlete would need: fall plants (mostly fake), food wrappers for on the go snacking and sinus relief.
Scraps of organization, reasons why we need more time, a label from the thing that has kept them going, waste that serves as a reminder that someone has been there before them.
Materials collected in the path of the collector defined by the space they’re in. The items reflect the SUNY Oswego campus and what is expected, understood, questioned and prohibited become collected in the same environment
Most of the contents of the collection are small and difficult to identify at first, but hold a heavy meaning to their owner. The largest item, ironically, holds the least impact to the collection though it is itself dear to its owner.