The Object Ethnography Project

Bathtub Suicide

Here's the story of 'Bathtub Suicide': I started dating a web designer in 2009. He told me he had … [More...]

"A wooden trunk. Sixteen sweatsuits. A bulletin board. A shovel. Old photos. Years of confinement. … [More...]

I used to make scads of these things when I was in art school. I chopped body parts off of tiny toy … [More...]

When I found this lighter I was at the Montreal jazz festival. I had just seen Brad Mehldau, my … [More...]

I've had this box of butterflies for years. I've been waiting for a rainy day. What can I do with a … [More...]

I confess: I scavenge at Dead Horse Bay. I didn't used to think it would be something to confess, … [More...]

At the end of 2011, I bought a second-hand book about President Franklin D. Roosevelt. When I first … [More...]

This is a talisman for a long memory. It is a package of stickers from a protest launched by New York … [More...]

One of my best friends went to Africa the year after we graduated college. She brought back these … [More...]

Being an archeologist, I should be a collector of stuff. I study objects that belonged to people … [More...]

I should have already traded this years ago. I was supposed to trade it according to my own rules, but … [More...]

Who uses CD’s anymore anyway? ME! I still collect CD’s. I figure I will get a jump on … [More...]

In high school I used to have a fairly serious drug problem. Like most kids in the suburbs I was … [More...]

When I bought this camera, I hated taking pictures. I bought it because of the priest. He was on … [More...]

This is a used film. The camera I used it with was borrowed from my neighbour. It was a very old … [More...]