the relative inconvenience store is an ongoing project started in the early stages of the pandemic when the world was spiraling into a dark comedy of mass consumption of milk, bread, and toilet paper. The global supply chain was disrupted, Amazon was making record profits. The GIF which is looping on the right, is the motto for the store/project, and perhaps the two phrases which might be the most provocative and aggressive are “stop killing for convenience” and “stop dying for convenience.” Those phrases are included in relation to the images of the smog lifting in Los Angeles during lockdown and the greater impact on the climate crisis that our daily rituals of convenience has on our long-term well being. The store is also a consideration of the idea of art as commodity and the record prices in which works of art are selling at auctions. So the relative inconvenience store also exists as a means to share or increase accessibility to art across the community. Store items can include various small projects and objects, surplus editions or older artworks, or tests for works in progress. These items were originally posted on Instagram’s story mode and those who respond via reply to the limited stock of items will be sent the item(s) (or dropped off if local). The “relative inconvenience” is that items are limited in stock, only available for 24 hours, and sporadic in the posting. There is no warning and no set timeline of when items will go up. Now, new items are still advertised via social media, but remain listed below until stock runs out, or if the need to circulate new items arise.

This is not a store intended to make profit or benefit “sales.” It will always stand as a way to share art with the community in an accessible manner. All items are free or with a suggested price to offset material costs or shipping. Details on optional payment are relayed in the email reply received for item inquiries.

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