What Things Say About Us

Text in The Istanbul Guide concerning this vase: "The pot What Things Say About Us imagines that the household items we buy can make comments about us - indeed, these are the phrases by which we judge others and their preferences. In this way, a sofa calls its owner "fat and common", a sports car labels its driver a "boring macho wanker", and a washing machine calls a housewife "a lazy bitch". By expressing these perceptions in such absurd fashion, Perry convinces us to rethink these ingrained class or lifestyle boundaries, which may be embedded deeper in British society than religion. "