A Manifesto for Opting Out of an Internet-Dominated World
2nd May 2019
In 2015, Jenny Odell started an organization she called The Bureau of Suspended Objects. Odell was then an artist-in-residence at a waste operating station in San Francisco. As the sole employee of her bureau, she photographed things that had been thrown out and learned about their histories. (A bird-watcher, Odell is friendly with a pair of crows that sit outside her apartment window; given her talent for scavenging, you wonder whether they’ve shared tips.)
Ponder the notion of an ‘artist-in-residence at a waste operating station’.
Truly, San Francisco exists on a different planet.