Arlo, Ian, Ben Which brings us to an argument I had with a local museum director. Of course the local art scene is trying for more customers, and the customers find their fix somewhere else.
Why do I need to go to a museum to appreciate these things when they can be found somewhere else. If I go down to Tower Records, and spent an hour flipping through music albums ( before the advent of CDs) and simply enjoy the art work, is that a lesser quality experience than if it was hanging inside their walls. Is there not talent involved in the creation of these album covers? Museums. in a way have become like zoos. They take things from their element and put them in an enclosure and expect the visitor to enjoy the full experience. Watching a couple of zebras chew their cud is different tan being there and seeing a few thousands on the march. As Arlo said, listening to that song at that moment in a pub, makes an impression that can't be duplicated. I remember a saxophone reverberating in the financial district in San Francisco at 7:00 in the morning, that is still with me to this day. Maybe the proper place for Mr. Bell to play IS the train station. Just because it's unexpected and he is reaching people he would not normally reach. Khaled > [Ian] > it's the cultural context of the "performance", whatever peoples > actual "tastes" for a given musical genre. > > [Arlo] > A painting hanging in a museum is not a simple "art object" > suspended in isolation awaiting an unsuspecting subject. The museum itself > provides a whole host of contextual cues, from Khaled's pointing out of "validation" (if its hanging in a museum, it MUST be good), to > the anticipation and expectation of the experience carried through > echoey > wooden floors, and quiet hushed talk to spotlighting and museum > guards. moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
