Collateral

The work "Collateral" by Dane Mitchell relates to the idea that to make the familiar strange might be strategy to make the everyday noticeable. The work was a pile of discarded packaging gathered from Mitchell's fellow Art finalist artworks, which was arranged on a heavy base floor by museum staff. The packagings printed labels also had Mitchell's fellow finalists name. Packaging materials is familiar in todays society and Mitchell has use it in his work to collaborate and be communal. His fellow finalists printed names on the packaging is his main point of focus as it kind of shares a wining experience as a group. The work tells viewers notice that the everyday can be told in a strange way but noticeable in the text on the work.