SMSR_EXERCISE IN OBJECTS_INITIALIZATION FORMULA, 2023 *Exercise in objects (complete breath = fully inhale & exhale) I SELF-PORTRAIT *Choose objects; Name each object after one of the most important things of you; Stack them in ascending order of significance; Visualise the objects in 25 years, 100 years, 1000 years, and 1 million years’ time; Repeat daily for 21 complete breaths’ time II GROW Choose vessel; Make it home for a living thing; Name the being after one of your significant objects of desire; Attend to the being while visualising it being in 25 years, 100 years, 1000 years, and 1 million years’ time; Repeat daily for 21 complete breaths’ time III METABOLISE Choose vessel; Name vessel after a significant thing you wish to part with; Embed the vessel in ground; Feed the object(s) with important substances you consume daily; Visualise the object(s) in 25 years, 100 years, 1000 years, and 1 million years’ time; Repeat daily for 21 complete breaths’ time {IF you cannot name the objects} IV EQUAL Be still; Name the vessels ‘Unknown’; Repeat in mind ‘I am unbothered by the Unknown; I am pleased to be an honest person.’ for 21 complete breaths’ time while recalling the images of the vessels; Repeat daily return
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SMSR/ Saṃsāra
is a project exercising in objects with porous boundaries. It experiments with processes, function, aesthetics, and the meaning of material cyclicality. Within the vessels of the constrained formal compositions crafted with experimental materials and techniques, the project generates unique embodiments of affinity for matter and the act of making.
COMMISSION + ACQUIRING
1) EMAIL US SPECIFYING THE SELECTED FORM(S) (LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF 3 VESSELS/ PERSON) WITH YOUR MAILING/ SHIPPING ADDRESS
2) CHOOSE ONE MEMORIALISING OBJECT FOR EACH FORM; RECORD IT/ THEM ON PAPER, KEEP IT IN A SAFE PLACE AND REVIEW TWICE DAILY (FIRST THING WHEN AWAKENED AND LAST THING BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP) UNTIL OBJECT(S) ARRIVE
3) FINALISE FEE TRANSACTION (AUD $70,000 / FORM)
4) PRODUCTION TIMELINE: 10 MONTHS
5) FOLLOW THE FORMULATION SHOWN ABOVE UPON RECEIVING THE OBJECTS
COURTESY OF MAKER
*ALL OBJECTS COME WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY;
*ALL OBJECTS ARE PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND SHOULD NOT BE TRADED;
*FOUND OBJECTS: WHEN THE OWNER IS NOT IDENTIFIABLE OR DECEASED, DISPOSE OF OBJECTS WITH CARE UNLESS INSTRUCTED OTHERWISE BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER
*OBLITERATION BY CRUSHING THE OBJECTS INTO <10 MM PARTICLES IS ADVISED WHEN DISPOSING OF OBJECTS
*CONSIDERING PLACING OBJECTS IN THE CHOSEN OUTSIDE SPACES FOR HOUSING OTHER LIVING CREATURES AS A PART OF YOUR END-OF-LIFE PLANNING IS RECOMMENDED
ENQUIRE.
