The Encyclopedia of Things - Elisabeth Smolarz teaching It is thought as a

It is thought as a “making of” of the show at Lafayette Anticipations and present both final and “in progress” pictures of the works

It guides us through quiet galleries and colourful marketplaces

featured in a three-hander show at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston alongside Ed Ruscha and Agnes Martin

This overproduction – this excess – needs to be managed

and discuss the repercussions of virtual spaces in the reality of our lives

The Encyclopedia of Things - Elisabeth Smolarz teaching It is thought as aWhether a keepsake, memento, or heirloom, everyone has their own talis mans: objects with a value that is only of significance to their owner. The meaning of such objects gets assigned silently, internally, often without any words being articulated, and yet when we explain their importance, it reveals so much about who we are. Elisabeth Smolarz approaches these objects as elements in a social and anthropological process. She visited 200 people in