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1The idea, image and actual objecthood of this central table, with the arrangement of garment, coverings and a small object
on it, embodies both the meanings (literal and perverse, see note 6) and the limits of the word, practice.
This table is at once a
desktop (the work of thought)
working surface (the work of making)
dining table (domestic work)
center-table (domestic and curatorial display)
operating table (medical/therapeutic work)
dressing table (folding, covering, clothing, unclothing)
bed (resting, sleeping, mortality)
art object (aesthetic and symbolic work)
altar (ritual)
container (folds up …