Content Nausea: A retrospective of memories

In the same way that Marcel Proust is famously transported to a certain memory by eating a madeleine, Walter Mingledorff finds himself triggered by objects. As such, his practice of visiting second hand shops becomes a search for lost memories by scanning for objects that possess a certain strangeness, objects that trigger an uncanny feeling of comfort and familiarity. By collaging the object, Mingledorff consumes the mass-produced and discarded object in an attempt to process his own identity. The resulting collection of sculptures, Content Nausea is a commentary on consumption, mass production, and the personal complexities found within the fantasies of the Americana cultural landscape.