Pen and ink on paper
70 x 69,3 cm
2026
The expression more or less is used to indicate an estimate or an approximation, but in a materialistic context, it’s a matter of give or take.
If the shopping cart were a reflection of our system, it would be clear what we need to do if we want to change the system: Leave it empty, don't supplement it, and it will have to adapt to a different standard in order to justify its existence.
Someone wise and influential once said: “The system will not change the rules; we will have to change the system.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this drawing, you’ll find a few deviations here and there, but the drawing is more or less an accurate representation of stacked shopping carts—shopping carts that more or less represent a “give or take” system.