Many of us moved to Baltimore specifically to go to school and went through the decision-making process of what to leave and what to bring along. I wanted to profile a graduate student who did just that. Joe Galbreath left some of his favorite records home, but made room for 5 mannequin heads, an Indian bust, a plastic skin diagram, and a mounted deer head. Each of these objects locates a specific room in his apartment. The deer head faces the entrance door, the skin diagram hangs in the bathroom, the Indian bust sits in the kitchen. Various mannequin heads decorate the shelves and bedroom. Through 4 moves and different living situations, these objects always go in those specific places. Each object has a history and a meaning for where it’s located.
The left side of every spread shows a diagram of each of Joe’s apartments. Colored dots and lines indicate where each object went and builds with objects as the book progresses. The final spread shows a large-scale version, including all the objects and their locations. This book measures 6.5″ x 8.25″ and is 24 pages.
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