An Exhibition of Objects that Inspire, Incite, and Inform

Exigence

The exigence for this exhibition is that it explains the need for an explanation for why these faculty members are the way they are. It clarifies how these objects of their collections tell a piece of their life story. Not only do these items tell a story about the person’s life, but also they tell how these items throughout their life have inspired the person.

Purpose

This collection is trying to convince people to collect items that mean something to them so that later in life they are can tell their story through their collections. When you first look through the objects you just see random items that have no meaning. Then when you look closer you learn that they all have a story to tell.

Audience

The rhetorical audience for this collection of objects is the students and other faculty members at the University of Denver. This is the main audience for this collection because they are capable of being influenced by the collections and being the foundation for change. This collection is trying to get the audience to change by starting to collect things that will later on tell their story.

Argument

The thing that is being argued by these collections is that people have different ways of coping with their problems and telling their life story. This collection argues that some people keep objects that have a special meaning to them. All of these collections can tell a chapter in someone’s life and how they have inspired them to live on to their next chapter in life.