Lot/us — jieunkim

An Auction House for the Extraordinary.

LOT / US is a speculative auction house for extraordinary objects of unknown origin and purpose. Through documentation, authentication, and auction, the project explores how objects that resist conventional classification can acquire new meaning and value through the process of bidding.

Three Ways of Encountering the Undefined

The identity extends into three distinct session formats, each reflecting a different state of an undefined object: officially cataloged, newly discovered, or privately connected to a collector.

They form a flexible system that translates the concept of the undefined into different auction experiences.

Unknown Standards
LOT / US — Collection 001

As the first collection of the Permanent Archive, Unknown Standards brings together objects that resist established definitions and standards of value.

The collection translates the auction house's central idea into a visual and editorial experience.

The Auction

From the catalog to the auction floor, Unknown Standards brings its objects before collectors, where each lot is presented, considered, and offered for bidding.

In Circulation

Beyond the catalog, Unknown Standards reaches a wider audience across physical and digital spaces, inviting people to discover the objects and make an offer.

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