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Re-imagining The Unloved – An Argument for Experimental Collections

A few months ago, I sweet-talked (in very poor German) my way into a behind-the-scenes tour of a local museum. As a staff member was showing me around, he mentioned that the collection space was roughly divided into two zones. Zone 1 housed the “valuable” items – the pieces that get put on display and used by researchers. Zone 2…

04/03/2015 in Collections, Creativity, Experimenting, Ideas, Objects.

Throwing Out The First Idea and Two-Minute Dance Parties

This week I’ve had the pleasure of getting a sneak peek of a chapter from Lynda Norris and Rainey Tisdale’s manuscript on Museums & Creative Practice. That thought-provoking reading, coupled with another creativity-focused project I’m preparing for, reminded me of a draft post I started back in March, 2012 but never finished. Since there’s no…

05/02/2013 in Creativity, Experimenting, Fun, Ideas.

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