The second of my empty sites is, unfortunately, my wallet.
Another example of a 'site-within-a-site', the empty wallet is as much a socio-economic symbol, representative of the 'poverty-stricken student', as a site itself. Scale is important - a larger empty wallet might indicate what has been, or what will be.
A wallet, in it's most general usage, exists to carry money - would filling this site with another object change the interpretation, and in turn, the meaning of the wallet? Do people perceive a wallet differently depending on the size of the notes inside? Does the empty wallet say more about the person as an individual, or can it be used to represent society on a broader economic scale?
What about the placement of the wallet? Does an empty wallet tell a different story when found in different locations, or does it have more depth when viewed out of context?
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