It’s a book about car body scratches. Its title: Cracks and Dents. Its author: Lycien-David Cséry. It is accompanied by a text by Julia Meyer Brehm. We strive to actively erase demerits and detritus: we polish away scratches, iron away wrinkles, and interpret signs of wear as a decrease in value of an object. But inspite of the sleek perfectionism that rules our contemporary ideology we find signs of the…
