Anecdoted Topography of Chance

It’s interesting how items flow in and out of our lives without much thought, or perhaps an item holds a specific memory or point of origin. What value do these items hold? Daniel Spoerri’s Topography is a chronicle of objects. Assorted, somewhat random, but nevertheless present, on a table. He provides context and memories associated with these items, which are then commented on/responded to/further annotated by his friends. One part game, one part primitive social media, it’s an artist book that displays relationships between items and memories, usage and value, yielding a map that transcends the simple person to object relationship into a wider web of connectivity, purpose, and meaning.