After the interview yesterday I went to the Wellcome Collection again to take some pictures for my project, and it kicked my ass again with how brilliant it was. The content and the design were astounding, i also went to the exhibition that they've got on the ground floor about madness and modernity (and other stuff), but Bobby Baker's drawings (a drawing a day of her experience wit mental illness) read like the saddest, most beautiful and interesting comic ever- everyone go now is ace. I also went to a place called the Crypt, underneath St Pancras Church which had a good little exhibition in it- about mapping and places and atlases and all the stuff surrounding it. Interesting space and a shame the work didn't have some better labelling and descriptions but the more sculptural stuff really worked out for me. They also give you quite a nice poster guide that has some essays in it- well wrth a visit to the two places (go to Euston).
Beatles/McCartney Collector
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Collected: Project Description
Through collecting, the passionate pursuit of possession finds fulfillment and the everyday prose of objects is transformed into poetry, into a triumphant unconscious discourse. (Jean Baudrillard, The System of Objects, trans James Benedict (London: Verso, 1996) Part B: Ch. 2: A Marginal System: Collecting)
Collected is a research led project into the cultural phenomenon of collectors, collecting, and collections.
The transgressive act of collecting places the collector between the Curator and the Hoarder, between reason and passion, between scholarship and curiosity: where both roles play/struggle with the articulation of boundaries, the completion of series, and the validation of their efforts.
Through exploring and examining the different modes of the collecting process: acquisition, display, organising, and storage, I hope to better understand the motivations and habits of collectors and the effects of their passions.
Feedback welcomed!
Inspire Me Now!
Another excellent blog- mixing up some witty ads, pretty pictures, and some interesting product and interactions posts- Link: Inspire Me Now!
Beautiful Documentary
So recently it seems that I've been enjoying documentaries more and more, maybe it's something to do with all the interviews i've been doing, or maybe there's just more better documentaries out there. Anyway this is a sad, brilliant and interesting film about life in Japan told by looking at a struggling couple. Link: Japan: a story of love and hate
Thanks Fleuron!
got a mention on the great blog, fleuron. Check it out here: fleuron.com
Best Video Ever!
Breaking Figurines from Luke Thompson on Vimeo.