{"id":276,"date":"2022-03-26T16:47:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T16:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/?post_type=project&#038;p=276"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T00:21:11","slug":"incompetent-rulers","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/project\/incompetent-rulers\/","title":{"rendered":"Incompetent Rulers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_2_5 et_flex_column_2_5_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Incompetent-rulers-1.jpeg\" title=\"Incompetent Rulers\" width=\"857\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Incompetent-rulers-1.jpeg 857w, https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Incompetent-rulers-1-480x717.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 857px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-279\" alt=\"roller skates, shoes, assemblage\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Incompetent Rulers<\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Incompetent Rulers <\/i>at the Ag Center studio, Mill Spring, NC, 2011 <span class=\"s1\">is composed of things that no longer have a practical function. Folding rulers no longer measure, instead they become miniature chairs. L<\/span>arger chairs made from croquet mallets, piano hammers and tennis rackets sit on the floor below. Hanging on the wall above are images of another type of incompetent ruler.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_3_5_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"destaca_masonry_gallery_0 destaca_masonry_gallery et_pb_module\">\n      <div class=\"dmg-gallery-wrapper\">\n        \n        <div class=\"dmg-gallery dmg-modal-gallery dmg-modal-gallery-with-title dmg-modal-title__on\">\n          <div class=\"dmg-gallery-sizer\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"dmg-gutter-sizer\"><\/div>\n          \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-width=\"857\" data-height=\"1280\" href=\"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Incompetent-Rulers.jpeg\"  data-categories=\"\" class=\"dmg_masonry_gallery_item \"  data-title=\"Incompetent Rulers\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"dmg-lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Incompetent-Rulers.jpeg\" width=\"857\" height=\"1280\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-width=\"980\" data-height=\"1206\" href=\"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_0012.JPG.jpeg\"  data-categories=\"\" class=\"dmg_masonry_gallery_item \"  data-title=\"Incompetent Rulers\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"dmg-lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_0012.JPG-980x1206.jpeg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1206\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-width=\"980\" data-height=\"1176\" href=\"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Newtonian-Chair.jpeg\"  data-categories=\"\" class=\"dmg_masonry_gallery_item \"  data-title=\"Newtonian Chair\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"dmg-lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Newtonian-Chair-980x1176.jpeg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1176\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-width=\"868\" data-height=\"1280\" href=\"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Incompetent-Rulers-2.jpeg\"  data-categories=\"\" class=\"dmg_masonry_gallery_item \"  data-title=\"Incompetent Rulers\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"dmg-lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Incompetent-Rulers-2.jpeg\" width=\"868\" height=\"1280\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n        <\/div>\n        \n      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"project_category":[5],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-276","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-installations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450,"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/276\/revisions\/450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}