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Apples and Oranges:
Dave Scott, 2005
A gallery space is filled with photos and
objects. Everything in the gallery is labeled "wrong." For
example, beneath a photo of an orange, the label on the wall tells
you it is an APPLE. As you move through the gallery space, the connections
between objects and labels become more complicated. A photo of a crowd
watching a baseball game is titled, "Boy riding a Bicycle."
The lesson to be learned from the exhibit is that everything we experience
is only labeled for our convenience. Calling an apple an orange doesn't
change the object into an orange. Objects are known by completely
different names in different languages, as are people, places, experiences,
and sensations. A name is only a label we tack onto the object for
purposes of identification. Reality is how we perceive it and how
we define it.
"This is a green boat" could be a photo of a red airplane.
Photo of a woman crying over a dead body could be labeled, "She
hears a funny joke." A wooden barrel in the corner could be labeled
"1956 Buick."
In truth, none of the objects in the gallery are what they claim to
be. They are only objects picked to represent other objects or events.
A photo of an apple is not an apple. It is a photo of an apple.
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