KOLLAR, Zsofia
Object-Oriented Identity: Cultural belongings from our recent past

“I am a designer, someone who creates objects while investigating the value of materials and infusing them with an aspect of my own perception. As a result, I am interested in the non-spoken language of objects and how contemporary culture can understand and relate nonconventional aspects to an item. In the initial stages of my investigation, my main quest was to unravel the unspoken words of our material culture and to understand the transformative process from ordinary object to cultural symbol. The results of this study have led me to insights which I previously had no knowledge of. In the age where artificial intelligence is pushing its way into everyday life and promises fundamental changes to the way in which the world works, we are forgetting about the discourse of non-organic non-human forms where our bodies are partially already replaced by. Products became part of us, they are not only the accessories of the self, but serve as extension of the self, becoming an inseparable part of the body and mind.”
— Zsofia Kollar

Object-Oriented Identity: Cultural belongings from our recent past is a journey through objects and identities. Through curiosity, it helps discover the unforeseeable directions in our product-oriented society, where one is no longer the sum of their actions, but the sum of their own objects. The book is constructed as a result of a personal fascination with understanding the nature of our consumption. It investigates the odd connections between objects and history and their cultural relevance in our individual and collective identities. [publisher's note]

Published by APE, 2024
Design / Cultural Studies / Material Culture