Things (or less), photography by Dietmar Tallroth delves into the theme of consumerism by looking at the objects we own in new ways.

Do you even know how many buckets or forks you own? The rise of consumerism during the past 100 years has not only made us buying more and more, but it also has devaluated what we already own. No matter how new our things are, there is always something newer, better or more cool already waiting around the corner. Everything we have, becomes outdated almost as soon as we buy it.

Through buy-and-discard behaviour waste mountains grow, resources are depleted and the whole biosphere, nature on which we ourselves depend, suffers. But can we even change?

This project tries to fall in love with things we already own. It attempts to see things not as something that merely serves our needs or desires, but as shapes, materials, objects in their own right and in various and new contexts. And not all contexts have to relate to us. Does a term like “objects of desire” tell about objects - or rather about us? Is there a better way to look at our surroundings than through the lens of our desires and needs? Is it possible, by giving attention to the things around us, to shape our perception of the world, to make us more empathic regarding the non-human sphere? This project invitesto reflect on these topics.”

Dietmar Tallroth was born 1961 in Tübingen, Germany. He lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.

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