Decay
this is a not about the unstable state of objects and links to such concepts as #ruins (Private), #fixing (Private), and #maintenance (Private)
Cf. repair
Decay
On rot and rotting.
Lorimer, Jamie. ‘Rot’. Environmental Humanities 8, no. 2 (2016): 235–39. https://doi.org/10/gh5d26.
Ruins
Edensor, Tim. Industrial Ruins: Spaces, Aesthetics, and Materiality. Oxford: Berg, 2005.
Fixing
Cf. 'visible repair' movement
Terzi̇oğlu, Nazli Gökçe. ‘Do-Fix: Creating Deeper Relationships Between Users and Products Through Visible Repair’. PhD Thesis, The Royal College of Art, 2017.
Aesthetics
Trigg, Dylan. The Aesthetics of Decay: Nothingness, Nostalgia, and the Absence of Reason. New York: Peter Lang, 2006.
Heritage
DeSilvey, Caitlin. Curated Decay: Heritage Beyond Saving. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2017.