Objets Perdus (Lost Items)
Belgium: lost playing card
Norway: lost child’s shoe
Sweden: lost beach towel
In researching for my roundup* I came across Objets Perdus, an intriguing new project by Martine Camillieri. Her fantastic work with everyday objects is expanded in a new form as she captures lost objects – in detail and in context – and virtually stores them in a photographic inventory for cross reference by object type and location found. Each item is given greater context as it is tracked with a GPS unit to provide coordinates to reference on a map. Throughout the project nothing is done with the object itself – it is left where it’s found and not altered in any way – as its past and future remain unknowns. What do you think the story is behind the objects above?
More on the project here, and check out the full inventory here.
* stay tuned to the upcoming Paris roundups for Martine’s feature! oh, how I love her work!
Xander
January 15, 2009 at 4:48 pm //
At some point in Asia, I started collecting all of the lost passport photos I could find. I never got too many– but I at least have a few sullen faces in my wallet. -X
Prêt à Voyager
January 15, 2009 at 5:41 pm //
sounds like you’re nino out of amelie, xander ;)
anne
Daniel Gross
January 15, 2009 at 9:51 pm //
What a great project. Some items I can see getting lost but I have always always wondered how someone losses just one shoe and not know about it. Thanks for passing this site along Anne.
Gennaro
January 15, 2009 at 9:56 pm //
That’s a fascinating project. I’d love to see how it turns out. I wonder the percentage of items that would be take for use versus tossed in the garbage.