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- REPORT 4 / AUG 2015 -

(THIS IS NOT A VASE). THE PLASTIC VASE FROM THE PANTEÓN OR CEMETERY WAS IN SEVERAL ASPECTS THE FIRST UNIQUE AND SIGNIFICANT OBJECT THAT MADE SOME KEYS OF THE IDEA OF THE MEXICAN UTILITARIAN. A USEFUL OBJECT, MADE IN MEXICO, FUNCTIONALIST AND WITH MULTIPLE USES OR LIVES WHICH IN THIS CASE GO THROUGH A VASE, LITTLE TRASH CAN, POT, CONTAINER, BUCKET OR CONTAINER FOR WHATEVER...

AT A SIMPLE GLANCE THE PLENTY OF BURRS IN THE JOINT OF THE MOLD DOES NOT DECEIVE ANYONE. IT DOES NOT EVEN DECEIVE THE MERE INHABITANT OF THE SAME DWELLING WHERE IT WILL POSE FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY. A POPULAR, ECONOMIC DESIGN WITH ELEGANT PORFIRIAN STYLE ORNAMENTATION WHICH IN PERFORMANCE EXCEEDS ALL EXPECTATIONS. IT CAN BE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE JAMAICAN MARKET IN A WIDE VARIETY OF PASTEL SHADES OF YELLOW, LILAC, GREEN, PINK, FLUO RED, BLUE OR THE CLASSIC OFF WHITE.

THE VASE GENERATES A DISCORDANCE PROBLEM THAT REQUIRED EXPLANATION WHEN IT WAS INTEGRATED INTO THE UTILITY CATALOGUE. FIRST IS “THE VASE” AS A SYMBOL OF DECORATION AND ALSO AS THE MOST DELICATE AND FRAGILE OBJECT IN AN AVERAGE HOUSE. THEN THERE IS THIS VASE: THE PANTHEON VASE WHICH IS INDESTRUCTIBLE ON EVERY DAY. THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED BY ITSELF WITHOUT THE NEED OF EXPLANATION AS AN AXIOM: “THE ETERNITY VASE”.

MEXICAN UTILITY. 5 YEARS