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Product Description
Q-07: "Small Picture" by Michelle JaJa Chang
Small Picture is a pocket-sized seal showing the major roads in the Q-07 district. In reproducing an image of the area with a stamp, the souvenir acts as an instrument for recollection. The seal’s base can be dipped into ink to make a miniature map, both revealing the district’s formal character and figuring its icon.
Used by artists, architects, and institutions, seals denote authorship and authenticity. Whether used on traditional East Asian paintings or on construction documents, they impart value by corroborating the identity of the stamp’s owner with the value of the object. While a seal is most often used to create legal affiliations between people and things, it can also imply broader connections. Seals organize objects by association, thus shaping one’s identity through a collective imagery. In translating a map to an icon, this souvenir helps support the district’s evolving imaginations of place.