Souvenirs from Travels: Small and Inexpensive

A collection of small items brought back from a journey. They are placed on a shelf or a side table, none of them large in volume—because they had to fit into luggage: a picked-up stone, a small ceramic cup, an old coin, a piece of woven ribbon, a matchbox, a postcard leaning against the wall, a small bottle of sand. Their origins vary, and their materials and colors are not uniform, but they are all small, have no market value, and are tied to a memory. They are not displayed in a showcase but are arranged casually yet consciously, with gaps between them. Next to them is a stack of books. Avoid: using mass-produced tourist souvenirs, placing objects in a glass display case, adding large decorative items, arranging the display into a deliberate composition.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組從旅途中帶回的小物。它們放在一段層板或一張邊几上,體積都不大——因為要塞進行李:一塊撿來的石頭、一只小陶杯、一枚舊硬幣、一段織帶、一個火柴盒、一張明信片靠著牆立著、一小瓶沙。它們的來源各不相同,材質與顏色也不統一,但都很小、都沒有市場價值、都與一段記憶綁在一起。它們沒有被裝進展示櫃,而是隨意但有意識地擺放,彼此留有空隙。旁邊有一疊書。避免:使用觀光紀念品的量產商品、把物件裝進玻璃展示櫃、加入大型的裝飾品、把陳列做成刻意的構圖。