Final Project Progression – Part 2
We’ve been developing our ideas lots since last week:
In class: 11/18/09
Nancy – idea of Son et Lumieres
Concept 1:
Around the Table
Idea of grandmothers
“Round the Table”
Meeting together – where the conversation happens
- Rituals around eating
- Objects – eg pottery or sewing, the table cloth
- Food as the central theme with peripheral things/object
Idea of the lazy Susan – each sitting represents a different family
Web casting possibly
MoCA to liase with top 10 Chinese American communities (and museums)
10 dinners – maybe on Chinese New Year
Web link up for Show and Tell
Web link-up between more than 2 locations
Chinatowns of America – the stories behind them
Differences in cuisine between different Chinese communities in America
Wikipedia Chinatowns entry
- 6 Chinatowns in NYC alone (1 in Manhattan, 2 in BKLYN, 2 in Queens, 1 in NJ)
“New York City‘s metropolitan area now contains at least 6 Chinatowns, comprising the original Manhattan Chinatown, two in Queens (the Flushing Chinatown and the Elmhurst Chinatown), two in Brooklyn (the Sunset Park Chinatown and the Avenue U Chinatown), and one in Edison, New Jersey.” (wikipedia)
Concept 2:
Chinatowns in NYC – photography
- Photography in each of the Chinatowns in NYC
- Online and in the museum
- Get local schools, photography classes to take pics of the neighborhoods
- Workshop on photography (perhaps Susan M)
- Can be a new theme every month
- Eg 8 students per semester
- Have a party – a gallery opening once a semester
- Touch screen – more about the area
- MoCA to add material and curate an explanation of each of the different Chinatowns.
Magnum
Discussion of the Gates and Susan M’s work in Nicaragua
Concept of a tent exhibition
Modular exhibition – ‘shake a tent’
How to set up an exhibition in eg a station
Multiple exhibitions – not just Mined in China.
