In our last class discussion we had touch on how we as humans collect a lot of thing over our life time. We form these sentimental attachments to objects and cannot part with them. As a child I remember my grandfathers house being cluttered with useless junk. His hoarding habits carried on into the back yard where he had 17 sheds filled with more artifacts from his past. I never understood why he kept it all. As I have gotten older he had to move into parents house and he now stays in my childhood room. Now my room is cluttered with whatever he can fit in there. There is only about 5 feet of moving space.
Looking at this has inspired me to investigate more into our habit of collecting things. Is this a health habit? Why do we need these things? Also where are we putting all these things? I plan on going to different locations such as storage space, homes, sheds and photographing there. I am also hoping to stick with my narrative style and create stories within these space of clutter.
Below are just a few photos that I took in my childhood room. It is interesting to see the mix of my things with my grandfather junk.
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