“Covet” illustrates stories by rediscovering obscure collections that were popularized in the 20th century, to investigate the dangerous psychological impulse of attaching personal connection to monotonous objects.
“The Sucrologist” – A sucrologist collects sugar packets to cope with the break-up of their partners and their longing to meet someone new.
Additional piece to “The Sucrologist”.
“The Galanthophile” – A galanthophile with substance abuse collects snowdrop flowers that are used to treat headaches, and relieve physical pain.
“The Brandophile” – A brandophile collects cigar bands to remember his roots of being a Cuban immigrant from the help of his deported father.
“The Vitrumarisologist” – A sea shard collector experiencing the consequences of homelessness while collecting dangerous fragmented material in order to sell hand- made jewelry.
“The Tyrosemiophile” – A tyrosemiophile in a Korean household collects cheese labels to remember the childhood memory of eating with family while struggling to adapt to western culture.
“The Arenophile” – An arenophile who seeks to find their identity within various sand samples for their desire to become whole through constant spiritual healing.
“The Helixophilist” – A collector of corkscrews deals with their twisted past of alcoholism and downward spiral of depression.
“The Scutelliphilists” – A cult of facial patch collectors communicate with each other through tacit language without revealing their true appearance.
“The Philluminist” – A philluminist collects matchboxes to remember their childhood memories and deals with the loss of their mother while surviving without their mothers teachings.
“The Deltiologist” – A deltiologist collects postcards of famous landmarks in Italy to delude the image of the effects of climate change in Venice.
