Living With Things explores how and to what degree an object can be subjectified by a person’s imagination and emotions, and how intimate moments can be created between a human and an object.

One of the seven objects is a metronome that does not work according to its own tempo but follows the person in front of it. One can move it from left to right by moving their hands in front of it in the desired direction.

You have to hold the radio by its handle and keep it close to your body to make it work. Don’t leave it alone or the music will stop.

A series of photographs documents the work, searching for moments that make you stop and consider about your everyday life. The objects and photography together encourage people to explore a different view of the world, of everyday life and therefore themselves.

By Berlin/Sydney-based Monika Hoinkis.
See also Herz Fessen.