#transmigure

Anyone can bring an object that will fit within the cubic footage of a white box. The participant opens the box, photographs the current incumbent, shares the photo via social media using #mogrify. They then replace it with an object of their choosing and are free to take the previous object.

This piece explores the production of art, the producers of art and the authority of those acts by removing myself as the artist. Ultimately, what exists is a low tech machine. After all, the origins of mechanics were inspired by gift giving and the adventure of discovery. Even if the piece exists only to excite, elate and encourage the imagination, then it is successful. The last step, meanwhile, the sharing of the image on social media, imbeds qualities into the piece, the sharing within a walled garden, archiving, transience, or even not sharing it at all.

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