Glitches in the System

Unpacking new underwear, ubiquitous objects that we don’t notice, and other thoughts on art this week

Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, 1:12 (2021). Repurposed plastic. Image © the artist.

Every so often I come across an artist whose work completely aligns with the thoughts in my head at that moment in time. It happened again yesterday after I had removed the plastic packaging around the new underwear I bought last week. For some reason this…