SF MoMA blog- I fell in love with the first post I saw. It was a five question interview with Allison Smith. I clicked on the link and it took me to Wikipedia. Awesome!! And the first link was Trench Art. Reading this was really really interesting. This morning, V asked me how the boys respond when I ask them to sew for a lesson. This link provides evidence that wounded soldiers, at least during WWI, were encouraged to embroider as part of the recovery process. Interesting and anti-stereotypical context for sewing. I like!!
Also, there's something addictive about the 5 questions format. It's so beautifully organized. It appeals to that little piece of me that enjoys taking multiple choice tests and organizing binders (sorry guys) but I think it's also the same drive that makes me enjoy repetitive process art making. Obsessive sewing?
IMA- clever name. IMAMuseum. Honestly, sorry but my next thought was "There's a museum in Indie?" My apologies to anyone from Indiana. Next immediate thought was that the first page was not as seductive as SF MoMa's, but I guess that's an unfair comparison. I clicked on the education tab, and stumbled across a post on making the museum accessible. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Why is there a Miss Wheelchair Indiana? Why can't we think that a person using a wheelchair is beautiful or capable or whatever beauty queens are of being just Miss Indiana? Counter examples welcome. Please. http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2010/03/29/the-as-of-ima/#more-11602
Eye Level-interesting idea. A printed wiki. I wonder how had it is for her to let go of authorship like that. and how much she'll make final edits. I'm struggling with ideas of ownership over words and information. hmmm... food for thought.
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