Opening new exhibition
Today the new exhibition "Conversations" was opened in Naturalis, the Dutch National Museum of Natural History. This exhibition is an unusual cooperation between the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Natralis, since museums do not often develop things together. This exhibition is quite experimental in the sense that artists have been invited to give their interpretation of the collection at the museum in the form of a piece of art, a very interesting approach, although I'm not sure yet what I think of the objects themselves. I think I need to get used to them a little bit, and lucky as I am, I can go there any day as I work there :)
The State Secretary of Art and Culture came to ritually bury an art object. So in front of the museum a 12 ft deep hole was dug, which of course had filled itself with water, and she had to throw in a big plaster head, for a splashy opening of the exhibition.
Oh and I forgot to take my camera, so no pics here, but if you're interested a visit to Naturalis is definitely worthwile..
posted by merpel at 9:21 PM
2 Comments:
Interesting idea -- post pictures please so we can see how it works out.
I've thought about taking pictures and posting them, but it wouldn't capture the feel of the exhibition as there is also music and video.
There is an official blog by (I think) the production team: http://www.nhm.org/Conversations_LA_Leiden/
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