Preference is an interesting idea in this image. But, I keep getting confused on the idea of 'preference' itself. I keep going back to the defintion - but then the natural idea I have of preference in my head. But then again... dictionary. com says "The right or chance to so choose" as one of the definitions of preference. It's hard capturing a 'right or chance.'
But in this particular image - preference can be brought on many levels. One pile prefers to lean one way versus another. One 'roll' of paper prefers to stay in place versus falling off the rest. Who prefered to leave these piles upon piles of paper and data? Who would have a preference for such a weird thing - of having random piles of paper lie on a table, on the 3rd floor of the Art Annex next to vents and ducts that make lots of weird noise and sound creepy.