Dear Friends, On Sunday, January 24th, at 4:30pm (GMT) I will be doing a live tour to the Museo del Origami in Colonia, Uruguay, via Zoom (see the link to the tickes page at the end of this message.)
I sent the call for the event a few days ago but only a handful of people signed up. I thought an event of this kind would be of interest to many origami fellows and I am a little puzzled for the poor reception it seems to have. If any of you want to communicate with me privately to suggest ways to better promote the event, I’ll be grateful. Also, if you want to communicate any concern or comment. In the meantime, let me tell you a little bit about what the tour will encompass: First, I will make an introduction, covering the following topics: 1. What is a small-format museum and how is this different from a large museum. 2. Why did I choose Colonia, Uruguay, and wouldn’t have been better to create a museum in, say, New York or any other big city in the world? 3. How is a museum different from a gallery? 4. What is a modern museum and how is this different from a collection of objects displayed in a certain way? 5. Is it very expensive to create a museum? Did I get any government or private support? 6. How long did it take to develop, from the first idea until the opening? 7. How the master plan was designed and who was part of the team of developers? 8. What was the process for creating the narrative, signage, display cabinets and interactive devices? 9. How many pieces are there in the collection, where they come from and how they were transported to Uruguay? 10. How the exhibit was curated? 11. How the museum financially supports itself? 12. What educational and outreach community projects are being developed? The second part of the meeting will be the actual tour to the museum where I’ll show you the rooms. They are five: 1. The historical room 2. Masters of origami, science, education and rehabilitation 3. Typologies; techniques; modulars and tessellations 4. Library and document room 5. Gift shop The last part of the meeting will be Q&R. The tour will be conducted in English. The event will be recorded and kept in the museum archive. Those who cannot attend but purchased the ticket, will be allowed o watch it later. I hope this explanation makes the event more clear and will entice a larger audience. There are many people in the origami community world-wide whom I’m sure considers a museum a project worth supporting. And there are not many origami museums around, you know that. I also hope there will be more in the future, large and small, in other parts of the world. Origami needs museums that permanently collect, research, exhibit, and outreach “the infinite possibilities of paperfolding”. To buy tickets for the Virtual Tour on Jan. 24th, please visit the website: https://en.museodelorigami.org/virtual-tour <https://en.museodelorigami.org/virtual-tour> Besides this event, we are raising funds to acquire selected origami artwork from around the world. This crowdfunding is ongoing.To donate, visit: https://en.museodelorigami.org/donar <https://en.museodelorigami.org/donar> Kind regards Laura Rozenberg
