The Things We Own

[George K]

Photographer Documents All 12,795 Items That She Owns

Going from room to room, she spent almost five years documenting every single object she owns, from loose Lego bricks and old keychains to remote controls, kitchen utensils, and miscellaneous knick-knacks.

After Iweins went through a divorce and moved house for the 11th time, she decided to take on the mammoth task of indexing and classifying her belongings by color, material, and frequency of use.

More of Iweins work can be found on her website.

[Mik]

But is it art? I'm not sure.

[Catseye3]

This is one of those things that shouldn't be fascinating, but somehow is.

[Copper]

Eventually we will document every molecule in the universe.

But where will we store the information?

[George K]

I have to wonder about the kind of mind that undertakes this.

"11th house?"

I have lived in 10 places, and that includes a dorm, my parents' two apartments before I was 8, and the house I lived in until I was 22.

[Copper]

@George-K said in The Things We Own:

I have to wonder about the kind of mind that undertakes this.

When I saw the headline, I wanted a spreadsheet that listed everything I own. I'll probably never have one, maybe at the end when almost everything is gone.

I have recorded what club I used for every golf shot in the past 3 years, 58,056 shots so far.

[89th]

I have no idea why someone would want to divorce her.

[George K]

@89th said in The Things We Own:

have no idea why someone would want to divorce her.

Good thing I was using a cheapo keyboard.

[89th]

@Copper said in The Things We Own:

I have recorded what club I used for every golf shot in the past 3 years, 58,056 shots so far.

Yeah and you've only played 14 rounds.

BOOM!

[Jolly]

Everything important in life can fit in a footlocker - USMC

[Catseye3]

@Jolly Except your wife. As one Marine learned who is now doing 20 to life.

[Jolly]

Just gotta pick the right size wife.

[kluurs]

really will help for insurance purposes after the house fire.

[George K]

@kluurs said in The Things We Own:

really will help for insurance legal purposes after the house fire divorce.

And this.

[jon-nyc]

@Copper said in The Things We Own:

Eventually we will document every molecule in the universe.

But where will we store the information?

I keep a 1:1 scale model of the universe myself.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in The Things We Own:

I keep a 1:1 scale model of the universe myself.

Variations on a Stephen Wright line:

"I have a map of the United States at home. The scale says '1 mile = 1 mile.' I hardly ever unfold it."

"I woke up last night and found that someone had broken into my house and replaced everything with an exact duplicate."

[taiwan_girl]

Took her five years to do. OMG

It seems like one of those jobs where you finish, and have to go back and start over because things have changed.