Touching Objects
December 22, 2015 4:57 AM Subscribe
"Paula Zuccotti travelled around the world and asked everyone from a cowboy in Tucson to a toddler in Tokyo to list every single thing they touched in a day – then she photographed them. The items tell surprisingly intimate tales of the people who picked them up." (SLGuardian)
This is fascinating.
I'm a bit surprised at how little cash is shown in each of the pictures. There are a couple of them (not counting the two year old) where I don't see cash or a debit/credit card.
posted by penguinicity at 5:28 AM on December 22, 2015
I'm a bit surprised at how little cash is shown in each of the pictures. There are a couple of them (not counting the two year old) where I don't see cash or a debit/credit card.
posted by penguinicity at 5:28 AM on December 22, 2015
My initial thoughts, so early in my morning:
1) I apparently use far too many products in my morning grooming routine.
2) No toilet paper?
posted by librarianamy at 5:53 AM on December 22, 2015 [3 favorites]
1) I apparently use far too many products in my morning grooming routine.
2) No toilet paper?
posted by librarianamy at 5:53 AM on December 22, 2015 [3 favorites]
No toilet paper?
Seems like there ought to be a cow in there, too.
posted by ryanshepard at 6:14 AM on December 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
Seems like there ought to be a cow in there, too.
posted by ryanshepard at 6:14 AM on December 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
I love this. I kind of wish I could have one done, there would be cats and centrifuges and cells and computers.
posted by shelleycat at 6:16 AM on December 22, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by shelleycat at 6:16 AM on December 22, 2015 [3 favorites]
No cats or dogs, no automobiles, no people, motorcycle wheel but no motorcycle, no sex toys, saddle but no horse, no tv sets..... hmmmmm...
posted by HuronBob at 6:17 AM on December 22, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by HuronBob at 6:17 AM on December 22, 2015 [2 favorites]
2) No toilet paper?
"Zuccotti asks each subject to keep a list of everything they touch during an agreed upon day. An object is recorded just once, even if it the person touches it repeatedly. She excludes things like door handles, and large items like cars. Everything else is included, even items as insignificant as a train ticket or receipt. Zuccotti even asks everyone to list the food they ate or the amount of money they paid for it. Each subject takes Zuccotti through their day while handing her each item to lay out. Nothing is omitted."
posted by MonkeyToes at 6:25 AM on December 22, 2015 [3 favorites]
"Zuccotti asks each subject to keep a list of everything they touch during an agreed upon day. An object is recorded just once, even if it the person touches it repeatedly. She excludes things like door handles, and large items like cars. Everything else is included, even items as insignificant as a train ticket or receipt. Zuccotti even asks everyone to list the food they ate or the amount of money they paid for it. Each subject takes Zuccotti through their day while handing her each item to lay out. Nothing is omitted."
posted by MonkeyToes at 6:25 AM on December 22, 2015 [3 favorites]
Oh wow! Last time I heard the name Paula Zuccotti, it was when we were introduced in a workshop together and some of the work her team had been doing was up on the walls. World is so very small.
posted by infini at 7:50 AM on December 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by infini at 7:50 AM on December 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
MonkeyToes: An object is recorded just once, even if it the person touches it repeatedly
Good thing, too, otherwise I suspect that one hay bale would turn into "hay bale, hay bale, hay bale, hay bale, *sigh* hay bale…"
posted by traveler_ at 2:57 PM on December 22, 2015 [4 favorites]
Good thing, too, otherwise I suspect that one hay bale would turn into "hay bale, hay bale, hay bale, hay bale, *sigh* hay bale…"
posted by traveler_ at 2:57 PM on December 22, 2015 [4 favorites]
Cell phone first almost all of them..
posted by bird internet at 3:39 AM on December 23, 2015
posted by bird internet at 3:39 AM on December 23, 2015
Well of course the cell phone is first. How would you turn the alarm off without touching it?
posted by seyirci at 9:09 AM on December 24, 2015
posted by seyirci at 9:09 AM on December 24, 2015
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This is fascinating to me, though. I never think about all the things I touch in a day.
posted by Kitteh at 5:15 AM on December 22, 2015