The collection now contains nearly 100 objects, though Sisto still struggles to define exactly what belongs. For my visit, he spreads his bounty out across a table in his Providence home. Sisto has named his collection QUERI - a combination of “query” and the abbreviation for Rhode Island. Another group uses electronics to deliver their verdicts, including a wizard in a starry robe and long white beard, trapped inside a crystal-ball-esque plastic bubble, who intones his answers to your questions in a robotic voice. There are magnet-guided pendulums that jerk between answers, as though moved by an unseen hand. There are “liquid dice agitators” (patented as Magic 8 Balls), dice, coins, and spinning arrows, some attached to lockets, others to coffee mugs or key chains. Sisto’s collection of decision makers includes 20th-century tools, toys, and mystical implements, often in original packaging, in varying condition.
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So Sisto set out to accrue what he now calls, cheekily, Rhode Island’s “largest archive of decision-paralysis relief tools.” He isn’t new to collecting notably, he attempted to collect every existing piece of memorabilia related to the Baha Men’s 2000 hit, “Who Let The Dogs Out.” He works in Providence as an artist, curator, and freelance marketing manager for art organizations. In 2014, Ben Sisto set out to accrue what he now calls, cheekily, Rhode Island’s “largest archive of decision-paralysis relief tools.” Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe
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