Study 57: From Function to Fissure: Collectible Design and the Weaponization of Material

The prevailing condition of the global luxury market has long been governed by the Spectacle, a frictionless realm of consumption that systematically inverts value by separating the product from the concrete labor and political history of its creation. This study, From Function to Fissure, establishes the structural mechanism of Post-Luxury Conceptual Functional Art (PLCFA) that successfully ruptures this Spectacle. The core concept is the Fissure: the deliberate re-emergence of the material Real through the material wound: the scars, tears, or deconstructed surfaces that reveal the congealed