Junkspace: Buried Alive
Junkspace is hoarding at a building scale, and we can all relate, because we are are all guilty of hoarding.
As a society, we hoard because we are emotional, sentimental. We don't want to miss out on a seemingly important memory or a great deal at the department store. Without succumbing to the pressure of stuff, we could lose our grip with reality. We hoard to belong - everyone likes stuff too, right?
Although hopefully not to the extreme presented on the TV show "Hoarding: Buried Alive," we acquire stuff. We sell stuff. We shop for stuff. We use stuff. We waste stuff. No matter how large or small, many or few, all this stuff alters our physical reality in some way. Being "buried alive" is no joke - stuff changes the way we experience space. No matter the source, we support the continuation of Junkspace types because they support our hoarding. At this point, we are so used to the physical changes associated with more stuff, that ones made on the building scale are synonymous to the space displaced in your closet by four new pairs of shoes.
There is a reason why this TV show is so popular - it is first of all horrifying, but deep down, we can all relate to the accumulation of stuff. Maybe Junkspace needs its own reality TV show to expose the endless accumulation of junkspace over time and make us feel the tables turn. It could change the way we see our built environment, and maybe even change the world.
As a society, we hoard because we are emotional, sentimental. We don't want to miss out on a seemingly important memory or a great deal at the department store. Without succumbing to the pressure of stuff, we could lose our grip with reality. We hoard to belong - everyone likes stuff too, right?
Although hopefully not to the extreme presented on the TV show "Hoarding: Buried Alive," we acquire stuff. We sell stuff. We shop for stuff. We use stuff. We waste stuff. No matter how large or small, many or few, all this stuff alters our physical reality in some way. Being "buried alive" is no joke - stuff changes the way we experience space. No matter the source, we support the continuation of Junkspace types because they support our hoarding. At this point, we are so used to the physical changes associated with more stuff, that ones made on the building scale are synonymous to the space displaced in your closet by four new pairs of shoes.
There is a reason why this TV show is so popular - it is first of all horrifying, but deep down, we can all relate to the accumulation of stuff. Maybe Junkspace needs its own reality TV show to expose the endless accumulation of junkspace over time and make us feel the tables turn. It could change the way we see our built environment, and maybe even change the world.
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