We Love Museums... Do Museums Love Us Back?

Recently Kim's been obsessing over museums, her new "hobby." Here she reads from her latest report, "The Creation of Value: meditations on the logic of museums and other coercive institutions." Mildly unpleasant Dead Pinky Story also included (free poster available for download at www.PinkyShow.org).

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  Education

[mzique]

the whole point of this topic is that Pinky and her friend are bringing public awareness to the fact that a certain class in society dictate what are important events and objects in our history worthy to be kept preserved. This group of people are able to rewrite or totally erase parts of history to suit their self-interests. And as the future generations visit these museums they will view society in a distorted way. Gosh I'll never be able to see museums in the same way!!!

[Robert Foyt]

Brilliant! do one on uhm... the federal reserve.

[mba2ceo]

Importance is ALL subjective ... influential is different.

[ninesandtrap]

Kim is a cute little black pussycat.

[Marcopolis Neko]

My heart melts when Kim smiles.

[ThinkEXIA]

Pinky really likes Satie's Gymnopédies.

[natorenji]

Pinky does look a lot more important mounted in the vitrine.

[mjaief]

Token liberal whining

[mjaief]

Token liberal whining

[Marcopolis Neko]

This is so cute. Kims little teeth are fucking awesome.

[Toro Castaño]

Interesting, the box metaphor. The focus on primacy of the object. The idea of museum as cryogenic machine. All very traditional. Museums must innovate and follow the community model like that utilized at the Oakland Museum of California which encourages visitors to touch objects and partners with communities in authoring exhibitions in particular cultural exhibitions of from all levels of society.