DesiPundit

Anarchytect muses over the things that human beings leave behind and wonders where the distinction between trash and nostalgia lies.

..in the boxes by joseph cornell these fragments become signifiers for memories of travel. collected objects whose value lies in what they evoke. when collected together they whole represents a life lived- a lifetime evoked. i had spoken about showcases in the living rooms of migrants as these- shrines to the history of family and tribe. in a showcase these fragments seem to ring with melancholia.But these fragments were decidedly not trash. they were carefully chosen bits from various shops and stores.

still, a similar sense of nostalgia does tinge ‘trash’- especially the hospital ward with the beds made of slippers and the lone naked bulbs that hang over them. what do the fragments in ‘trash’ evoke?