tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390819630657090706.post5850817532804376355..comments2008-12-13T13:12:28.173-08:00Comments on odd marks: New Era for Queer Museum?Aaron McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180159949742753444noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390819630657090706.post-31570135288425751482008-11-28T19:39:00.000-08:002008-11-28T19:39:00.000-08:00Akiko's comments bring up a perfectly valid point:...Akiko's comments bring up a perfectly valid point: the museum as institution may well be the worst place to embrace, showcase,celebrate, and educate the larger culture about queer culture. This is because once something is institutionalized, its essence of being is "watered-down" just a little--made easier, less messy for the masses to handle. Still, for all of the "bigger picture" that the masses may be missing in a minority institution, they are at least exposed to the "big picture," and for me, this is important, if not necessary.Aaron McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180159949742753444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390819630657090706.post-87163412025365553762008-11-26T12:12:00.000-08:002008-11-26T12:12:00.000-08:00ok, so I thought about what I said, and the import...ok, so I thought about what I said, and the importance of museums in our society is a huge component to learning and understanding of our history and current lives... I just had a brain explosion of frustration and thought to alleviate the tension, running in the streets naked would make point of freeing ourselves. hehe.<BR/><BR/> I just hope there will be a positive shift in understanding and acceptance of everyone and everything. Maybe it will occur sooner than later? Hopefully in our lifetime. Change will come....Akiko Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627152801801083649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390819630657090706.post-3444024685935897382008-11-26T09:55:00.000-08:002008-11-26T09:55:00.000-08:00The idea of a queer museum is fascinating, however...The idea of a queer museum is fascinating, however, I still become frustrated with the structures we live in, such as the canon of what a museum is, and within this definition, what should the public be seeing within the museum. <BR/><BR/>Museum. <BR/><BR/>A building that stores and exhibits objects of importance? Does this mean everything outside the museum is not important in the cultural context of our society? If so, why would you want to be there in the first place? If we yearn to be represented in a museum, does that mean we have been conditioned to conform to the societal structures, that we fight against everyday? <BR/><BR/>We should just run naked in the streets.<BR/><BR/>run!run!run!<BR/><BR/>=)Akiko Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627152801801083649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390819630657090706.post-57550494521729076512008-11-18T14:39:00.000-08:002008-11-18T14:39:00.000-08:00Dre - So would the focus of "queer" as "other" als...Dre - <BR/><BR/>So would the focus of "queer" as "other" also fall to the form itself of the museum? Let's face it - when we think "art museum," there is a bit of a canon to how it is presented to us - <BR/>Large, open spaces, immaculately white walls, and a certain reverence we are all to hold.<BR/><BR/>So would this museum possibly be built without the standard quadrilateral rooms ... or perhaps stay quadrilateral, but move into a shape like a rhombus? <BR/><BR/>Could be a nifty way - rather than having it split by sexuality, have it split by anything that goes against the standards, pushes us to new planes.CKinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418039316755485135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390819630657090706.post-69244632444450780572008-11-17T11:24:00.000-08:002008-11-17T11:24:00.000-08:00I wonder if the challenge in creating such a museu...I wonder if the challenge in creating such a museum would eventually come from trying to determine what NOT to include. If you think about it, reality is queer more than it is straight: wherever boundaries and "norms" are set, they are broken, even by people who are supposed to be within the norm. But these things are done in private, preserving the status quo on the surface. I see a queer museum as a celebration of personal freedom and letting go of the fear of our own nature. People can get so uptight, we forget that some of the rules we follow are a reflection of another time and of people who are not like us (or maybe they were but were repressing what was lighthearted in them). Remember the other day we were eating lunch at a window counter...it was raining and a student bopped by listening to music. He was really dancing down the street. I said seeing people like that made me happy...my own longing to throw "normal" out the window and stop caring about what "other people" think. I'd love to visit your queer museum!<BR/>AndreaAndreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02620401198878608976noreply@blogger.com