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...genius of our numbering system is that we can signify massive quantities in short spaces. One billion takes no longer to write than one million does, points out Andrew Dilnot, an economist at Oxford University and author of The Numbers Game...
...Numbers Game, Dilnot and his co-author, journalist Michael Blastland, suggest dividing government spending by the number of citizens and the number of weeks in a year. A $700 billion bailout thereby translates into $45 per week for each American man, woman and child. Going one step further, it comes out to $6 a day. Are you willing to pay $6 a day to have a functioning financial system...
Organized by Clive Dilnot, Associate Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies, the show's title says it all: "What' If Anything, Is an Object?" Exploring the work objects, however, is a risky business, and the show can at times seem a bit preachy and somewhat heavy-handed. Despite the daunting breadth of its content and purpose it holds together remarkably well and is ultimately quite effective...
...between the four major "moments" there lies "fetishism, aura, measurement, and embellishment." This might seem like a lot to swallow on a leisurely visit to the Fogg to check out some paintings, and the preponderence of jargon in a visual exhibit is certainly a turn-off, but Dilnot's choice to include these guides (the "four moments" are writ large on the walls of the gallery) is actually very helpful. They provide a very specific context for the objects, and without them it might be more difficult to prove, as it seems is the intention of the show, that...
...have been assembled for this show is quite extraordinary, and it is unlikely that such depth in such a limited collection (there are sixty-five pieces in the show) is to be found anywhere else. Drawing on private collections as well as the hoarded goodies of various Harvard museums, Dilnot has compiled a truly weird and very quirky medley. Moreover, each piece in itself is quite wonderful, from carved lindenwood sculptures to Arman's Venus, a polyester torso stuffed with money, the individual objects comprise a richly textured feast for the eyes, and should not be missed. The show runs...