A society that is in a perpetual state of shopping binge, constantly seeking the next spark of joy.

When actual reality veers towards dystopia. There may be a problem.

Despite being an avid supporter of convenient distractions and selective memory loss,

I don't believe these are the reasons we seek comfort in things. 

I do wonder whether this belief in the ability of things to carry good karma and spread overall happiness is something we should continue doing. 

The oversimplification in modern society is no news however maybe we should allow some complexities into our daily or weekly routines. complexities meaning anything we find uncomfortable. Considering today's perceptions this could mean going to the supermarket. In a distorted capitalist approach not based on human needs but by finding new things to sell them. Its maintenance in the future might not be as easy, mainly because it should have never gotten  to be this easy. 

The respectable yet odd chioce for the new materials to resemble their predecessors.

appearing even slightly comparable might not play in our favor.

Although The modern love of simplicity may not quite flourish with the nearing total digitization if things remain the same. Hopefully by then we would have created new molds.

A society that disregards the value of assumptions and guesses but rather views them as uneducated and irresponsible is at risk of losing many great ideas and more importantly brings up generations of unimaginative followers.

It might be comforting to think once in a while that all those irrefutable facts were once mere guesses backed by confidence. 

Maintaining the status quo is a notion fed to us solely by its beneficiaries.

As a hierarchical society that categorizes its citizens according to the value of education, and wealth. It is unsurprising that a rise  of specialties and experts is so popular.

However When the value of a person is solely based on the mastering his craft his craft becomes currency. And currency is only shared with close family. And Detecting cultural appropriators becomes a favorite pastime for all. 

Personally, I find it difficult to digest these ideas and their legitimacy.

Gatekeeping knowledge that would objectively help. Blocking patent use and limiting people from learning a craft benefits no one. Particularly in light of the extinction of crafts.

It’s truly every man for himself.

Amidst toxic ideas and fears, finding happiness through food and shopping becomes clear.

While I find it easier to understand how we got into this mess, fixing it proves more difficultI find it difficult to fix it

throgh the procec of reserch i realised the dichotommy between my choice and the pillers that this preactice lays on. my amigous regard toward heritage should have been my first sign. changing between countris and cuktures from infancy i viewed the not here or there ststus as normal. in addtion to coming from israel where views of heritage and the meanig of culturerputs my ambiguity (and probably everyone elses) to shame. in reserching the meaning heritage, community alongside nomadism and lonliness added by the global movement towards cross polinisation. taking the contradictions and use them as reserch. as i digg deeper in my own history searching for some form of discovery related to crafts or a pass time that wasnt television‭. ‬I‭ ‬begin to come to terms that the sole inheritance left to me by my ancestors was an array of generational traumas‭.‬ Understanbly no one in my family adopted any form of hobby or creative outlet‭. ‬While the notion of passing down any type ‬of skill or family business wasn't a priority for jewish immigrants‭, as ‬they were probably busy utilizing their creative energy in finding the best‭ ‬ways of survival‭. ‬ migrarting from a various places around the world the construct at the time in israel was to abandon evertything and adopting the new isreali paradigm. a change of language, customs, culture a total reset of their past . backed by rhe the logic was to create a unifid nation based on the same costructs and values. while somewhat appreciainge the optimistic naivity and persistance, needless to say that the aproach backfired.

the knowledge of this diverse background without any connection to it. i am all these things but also none of them. this liminal place is probably one of the reasons i collect som many photographs of family members. having them means i have a story. even if its one i made up. i question the gate keeping of crafts and its hereditory biasess . i find the term of cultural apropriation problamatic unclear where the apropriation begins and where it ends where does the is the line that differs heritage preservation to racism and xenophbia? i assume i suddenly facerespecting a craft i am not allowed to paticipate in. a result of my upringing and personal chrecter i never quite undercthe rhrecter. from comletly stoping to speak in their mostood this concept. having no roots in this world can be both terrifyng and liberating. only recently i was able to understand that i was never able to grow roots

maybe contradictory or perhaps the way it was intended, throughout this masters my view of materials shifted from unapproachable, to the slightly too approchable. with an understanding that basiclly everthing can be anything and huamnity genrally adapts to the circumstanses ,i am not entiraly sure our time is best spent on creatign more variations to an agar agar recepit or by making pottery from leftover ciggaret ash and soil from our dead plant. through my own wxperience i believe that the focus should be on shifting societys views toward materials from the unaproachable to the slightly too approchable. once that is done all the agar agar and jelatine recipies of the world have thier time to shine. the proposal for this reserch is tooted in history while considering the the future as the one that holds importance. my project will use hisorical photos in order to create an alernative future. the generated pictures from the imajined future will be acompanied bt an aprpriately relavant tool made from alternative materials and a userguide on how to remake this tool in the reel future. the project will provide auser friendly toolkit from unfor the future. unconvetional material to be used in thr. i wish to have both usefull objects as well as absurd and maybe apocalyptic future- how to have a baby without strech marks?

Firstly I wish to acknowledge the similarities I find in today's approach to materials to the problanatic pdevelopmental approach

M problamitic devel

Political

Cultural

Scientific

Religion?

Language

Loving the unloveable

Investing in the future's defiant negativity

Beneficial negativities of the future

Abandoning expectations and pursuits for joy-sparking things

The artificial joy igniter

truthfulness in things that don't spark joy

From reverse exorcism to never sparking joy. ghost adoption.

From never sparking joy again to reverse exorcism and ghost adoption, the future is grim

The exorcism of haunted objects

Non Sparking joy

In A society that highlights importance of objects to spark joy, carry good karmas and spread overall happiness and positivity its actual state of things seems quite grim.

As an avid supporter of convenient distractions and selective memory loss, I believe it is not the reason we seek comfort in those joy sparking, easy digestible objects that fill our life.

Trump- capitalism, to be pessimistic, is part of the culture- we dont believe or trust - every man for himself-

Thought of using something that has been used by someone else we didn't know gives place for

Supernatural ideas come to mind often in relation to things that don’t come in a box.

Dangers of supernatural forces finding their way in to our life by utilizing a previously owned/used object. the maybe cursed maybe energetically comromised or abilitys to transfer all of the previous users worst qualities and experiences can become our reality.

Contrary to that of course are our family heirlooms that we cherish as if they were the keys for abundant fertility and all our future happiness.

Surprisingly or not those heirlooms probably carry the scariest ghosts of all.

Pretty sure that whatever used object we ever obtained hasnt gone through holocoast, famine and slavery. Or it hasnt and it was probably obtained by taking advantage of the minority group chosen for the task. (diamonds, silver)..

grandmothers ring that she miracoralsy kept through the holocaust must carry at

Not that I believe in things ability carry the ghosts from the past, I believe we should stop fearing it.

As I said earlier, I am no stranger to narratival augmentations and to comfortably manipulated realities. Life is hard, even more so when adopting our generational obligations and paradigms not to mention traumas.

**Maybe by facing reality, the bad memories and insecurities, the quest for finding material things to spark joy will dissipate.

Opening up to new communities to merge unbound by nothing than the shared enjoyment of being part of a community. Allowing the universe to exist authentically with minimal human additions and modifications while also freeing ourselves from the things we thought we knew and opening up to a more dynamic journey, negativity as well as positivity are part of life, as well collective loneliness, fears and other fun complexities.

, the universe is changing and so should we.

Despite my dislike of the modern developmental approach i decided in attempting to utilize it here as a gateway for my experimentation. Layering materials and objects. Discovering new possibilities and maybe interesting interactions between them.

With the developing layers and interactions as goal. Making use of my hands and mind going back to almost childlike experimentations. Seeking the accumulation of layers and retrospective thoughts avoiding my instinct of creating a new mental piece or something “useful” rather than the amorphic grouping of material. **

Thoughts of whether a monocolore fine finish is my actual preference or an easy adoption.

Contemplating meaning of words such as classic, modern, ugly, worthy, likable.

A Purposefully overcomplication of simple things,

I attempt to put my usual need for speed and simplicity aside.

In a constant fear of overbearing complications and accidents i try to relax.

Instinctively in this process i began organisinng family pictures into groupes. Family life can be quite repetitive even across borders. Even so, the ability to see them in clusters of similliear experiences across time and culture can be surprisingly eye opening.

From birthday parties at macdonalds

To the childhood collection of identical dolls with elaborate hobbies.

My Capturing a period of time where capitalism was seen as magical, especially for a family moving to europe from living in kibbutz in israel which was basically the complete opposite of all that.

From A socialist liberal type of village. Where everything is shared and done with the most passion as this is our home.

used to going to the communal dining room for meels, free vegetables and dairy products at the local supermarket, sharing cars, rotational work, everyone does everything in shifts, picking avocados, cooking, taking care of the children, or openig the electric gate for visitorr.

I find that this proccces is almost equally about the learning as it is unlearning.

A society that disregards the value of assumptions and guesses but rather views them as uneducated and irresponsible is at risk of losing many great ideas and more importantly brings up generations of unimaginative followers.

It might be nice to think once in while that all those irrefutable facts where once mere guesses backed by confidence.

Maintaining the status quo is a notion fed to us solely by its beneficiaries. In a hierarchical society that categorizes people according to value of education, And wealth. It is unsurprising that a culture of specialities and experts took over. However When the value of a person is solely based on him mastering he’s craft he’s craft becomes currency. And currency is only shared with close family. a Its a treasure box It becomes a secret only shared with family and terms such as culture appropriation become overused.

The concept of blocking valuable knowledge from certain parts parts in society is one of the worst capitalistic outcomes. registered patents blocking health capilising on of good ideas.

A society where people can block other people from getting help and knowledge from all the unquestionable things

Gatekeeping knowledge and means of is one of the reasons most people don’t bother getting out of their conformity zone.

It’s every man for himself.

Which makes is how we got ourselves so deep in this mess and why nothing is really changing.

The standarsds of considered comfort and simplicity

Maintaining the same standards of oversimplification in the future is quite impossible

Mainly because it sould have never gone this far to begin with.

I believe that instead of trying to find deferent materials that could replace and provide the same experience is a nice idea but it remains exists within the realm of no guesses. the same world realms of th like still like the same chrictastics of the non sustainable version to replace

It is obvious most people living in the west will make a change that benefits them. I.e in this society no one will volunteer for more things to do or any change that doesn’t benefit them directly. But they but they would also let people die than give something for free.

also share life saving solutions Their see changing life changing ideas if they had any.

then again they also won’t share life their life saving solutions if but they also hold on to give

Mmpeople will always go to the

We live in a society of damaging views of what is considered comfort. Being offered better ways to improve our life for a price.

The modern capitalist approach to comfort is t based on actual human needs but by finding new things to sell.

And people who spend their whole day becoming the masters of whatever can provide them with a salary. And after working all day they dereve the best of the best.

The modern approach to simplicity can become an actual life hazard with the nearing total digitization.

Which is another point and actual necessity for creating a future by using the past as a mold.

complexity approach.

The attempts for materials to copy the same creates a notion that they are comarible . It’s not a completion of who can provide a lower price.. the future will lose every time. competition of created by

Making people understand that while admiring the low prices the day supermarkets won't provide fruit and water consumption will be rationed to the amount that equals to never buying conditioner again. Is the day we will lose something far important than any money saved.

Which is also money saved.

they suddenly won't have lower prices

capitalistic approach As being comfortable is an excuse of being lazy.

People that won’t take the bus or

A way of livingthay could be the perfect solution for a positive future.

never always be

you athe act of guessing worse than not knowing is a sign some things need to be shaken up.