The museum, as is?

I wonder how many real people consider the museum like this. Some asking will definitely be needed.

Not entirely 'with' the solution though. There should be something of a balance between didactic and absent. It seems a little naive to ask all museums to properly guide people in morality, ethics and psychology. Too much disagreement (as opposed to some conspiracy forming here.)

Many of the comments seem to disagree, anyway but that doesn't mean anything. Hardly a representative sample of the world.

The whole idea of a museum as a church of culture seems a little aggrandised, I know few people who actually care that much and/or just see Art as something 'there' in the background (areas of particular interest to such individuals notwithstanding) alongside philosophy, politics, religion and the like. Maybe not too far off then.

Nicely written though. Clear. Not arty/Arty.

Curating Your Holiday

While decorating the tree I made drawings of the individual types of baubles that went on. This was done in the spirit of those botanical illustrations, especially those made by the well-to-do ladies of the countryside manors. My intention would be to draw, colour (most likely with watercolours) and annotate the items, and present them in a book. Being unable to suitably make a book myself due to both a lack of technical proficiency and time restraints I have forgone this part as a purely theoretical (as yet) development. The drawings were done in a day, partly as an exercise in discipline and partly as a practical measure.

Drawings of this nature are consistently fascinating to me as an art form that seems both antique and timeless; as retaining their highly artistic appeal while carrying a very scientific quality too. Similarly to me, despite the modern commercialism surrounding the holiday, there is a certain appeal in a Christmas bauble. The best ones tend to be in themselves fairly simple decorations but, I find, somehow very elegant and there is a strange kind nature to adding decoration to plants. Thus this would ideally be presented in a gallery that also had a reputation as a museum or other historical sight, presented itself in a case with others available as interactive to the audience. I would hope to gain some air of juxtaposition between the feel of a botanical illustration and the somewhat justified Christmas cynicism, as well as a different or closer look at the baubles themselves as (sometimes) rather attractive things, rather than just tacky bits of plastic.

Curating Your Holiday

The Look

Minimalistic, working with the space?

Juxtapose rusty with shining colours perhaps? That is mostly for Louis and Cal to decide.

We should encourage/include all types of artist.

While keeping in mind things like cost we decided that the adverts should be placed as follows -

Small leaflets/flyers in art shops, libraries, and (maybe) schools

Page adverts on art magazines and in universities

Large adverts in bus stops

It has been left with Luke to find the actual cost of these things, which can then be discussed more solidly.

Roles have been loosely assigned at last:

Louis and Cal - Graphic design (call for artists' and adverts)
Luke - Finanaces
Dan - Timetabling
Me - Writing/Anything else, it seems.

Decicions Made
The adverts will be placed mainly around art universities and the South West- The main target for artists being students/young/emerging artists.
-> This will mean setting up a 'contact' to submit to, Twitter/Facebook/Blog etc.
Using a competition, as well as helping emerging artists, is useful for saving some money in comissions.

Visitors should be able to contribute - 'leave their mark' - Through workshops, talks by contributing artists etc.
-> The ground floor should be interactive (or mainly interactive) and sensory.

Looks shall be made through the museum's artifacts for relevant objects to be mix and matched and augment(ed by) the art objects.

Human Remains?

An exhibition on human remains? Clinging to thier existence in the museum.

We will be thinking of it as a whole, rather than concentrating on specific works of art to stay focussed on the curatorial aspects.

Mock up adverts need making.

Rejuvenation/Reanimation

We've started considering more the places and locations of the exhibition. Avoiding 'transitional' places - like foyers, corridors and walkways - is probably best, and keeping it liminal. However, it should all stay quite public and accessable.

We plan to respond to the museum itself somehow - maybe appropriating spaces or using artifacts from the archive, as well as a conceptual edge (as an archive/mausoleum or not).