Random acts · 1 November 05
For 25 years, Andy Warhol filled cardboard boxes wih miscellaneous objects from his daily life, a practice that was mostly unknown until his death in 1987. This year, Pittsburgh’s Warhol Museum has mounted a traveling exhibit of these boxes, called Time Capsule 21, that brings the contents of the over 600 boxes to light.
The online exhibit of Time Capsule 21 lets visitors examine the contents of one box in extraordinary detail. Warhol’s phone messages, photos, newspaper clippings, sketches, ads, postcards, LPs and books are remarkably fun to “handle.” The time capsule experience mixes aesthetic choice and cultural anthropology in a way that has special relevance to designers. Will what we create today have meaning or value in the future? After it’s served its purpose, should it go in the time capsule or the trash?
Posted by Jake |
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