How many of you have heard of the band Creed before? [Audience boos] Let’s hold our judgments. How many of you have felt loneliness before? [Single audience member woos] […] What I had was an amazing free pile at my apartment. […] It’s the apartment that my dad will forever refer to as “That creepy apartment you lived in”. Regardless of the creepiness, it was an amazing free pile.

Museum: “This object belongs in the glorious pile of amazing free piles of the world, and a testament to small comforts for lonely people.”

Exhibited by Ingrid Haftel

Transcript edited by Serena Washington