Transitional Objects

Abstract

Transitional objects. Objects in transition. The current state of the (a/A)rt object is as follows: 1-The (A)rt object acts as capital in an unregulated market to ensure the rich get richer without the oversite of local, national, or global governments. 2-The (a)rt object is directly tied to the idea that your ‘art’ is a business and it is a job that you must perform. As an artist you must produce art objects as a source of capital. Your art is also you. Therefore, the value of your art is also the value of yourself as an individual, and since your art is in the business of generating (a)rt objects as capital. You, your body, your emotions, and thoughts are a source capital. Whose value is not regulated by you but is in fact regulated by the market. Although the (A)rt object is quite troubling when it comes to arts contribution to rampant global wealth disparity: what I am concerned with currently however is the (a)rt object. First off if the market does not find value in the (a)rt objects you produce it can be crippling to your self-worth as an individual within the market. If your (a)rt objects have no value, you have no value. Simple as that. My second concern is the decisions made in the (a)rt process will inevitably catapult you into creating (A)rt objects. As your (a)rt objects rise in value, the potential for them cross the threshold into the (A)rt market escalates. In both (A)rt and (a)rt making processes your creative decision making is vulnerable to unregulated opinions based on the speculation of an unregulated market. Transitional objects stand against both of these renditions of the art object. Transitional objects are objects in Transition. You cannot own an object in transition; you can only provide it with space to exist. You may be nothing more than a caretaker. In addition to this, you cannot sell an object that recognizes no ownership. A Transitional object has no assessable value. This because they are objects in a constant flux. They do not serve a singular function or fulfill a singular role. They disrupt the market; they flood it with objects that maintain no perceived market value. You may photograph a Transitional object, sell that image as an (a)rt or (A)rt object; however, the Transitional objects true value will always be indistinguishable. It is not easy to pinpoint a thing that is always in motion. You do not create Transitional objects; they have always existed. Any object you “create” is nothing more than an assemblage or arrangement of other Transitional objects.