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1. I have archived much of my life through collected objects.
2. I have moved a smaller studio, making it necessary that I get rid of a lot of these objects.
3. I have done so by using them as the raw material for one enormous collage, created inside a 30-yard dumpster.
4. Oh, also, I have photographed around 500 of these objects and will display them here, accompanied by a brief history of each item.

MY PAGER




7.3 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm

This is my pager from when I moved to New York in 1995. This is how it would work: you would call my number and when you heard 3 beeps, you would enter your number. I would then find a pay phone and call you back, and tell you or what bar I was at or whether I was available to work a 14 hour day the next day, most likely driving a truck around Manhattan collecting crap for a commercial.
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  1. bhardtJune 20, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    This held up a hell of a lot better than any of your cell phones.

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  2. Pathane WadlerFebruary 20, 2012 at 12:28 PM

    That pager is cuter than any modern smartphone in the market, and it's definitely easy to use. It's still useful as a communication tool today, especially if they have no cellphone signal or if you're in an isolated area.

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    1. Cora BullockSeptember 4, 2012 at 3:09 PM

      Yes, Pathane, it is pretty cute. Its built is really one of the charms of beepers. You can just imagine how we communicate with each other back in the day using such a small, simple device. It’s very different from the mobile phones today. It’s a miracle how we survived with just pagers! :D

      Cora Bullock

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