syn
Senior Member
Naturally. I'm sure you love watching me though. As a grey bat I'm very colour-full.
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Heritage Preservation and Aesthetic Judgment
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Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Maybe the mods will give you your own dedicated thread - Syn's Bat Cave. You can flutter about in perpetual darkness and not bump into things and tell us all what fun you're having with your sonar.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
Wow, this thread sure went downhill.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
PE:
It's a sandbox.
AoD
It's a sandbox.
AoD
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Meanwhile, back in the world of visual art and aesthetics, I see that Jin-me Yoon - whose work Souvenirs of Self introduces the ROM's Sigmund Samuel gallery - is nominated for the AGO Grange Prize:
http://www.thegrangeprize.com/Jin-me_Yoon_works
http://www.thegrangeprize.com/Jin-me_Yoon_works
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Previewed the ROM's Schad Gallery of Biodiversity this morning. As each new exhibit opens, the same minimalist approach has been taken with the displays. Beautiful objects are the focus, either from the natural world or the arts, and there is minimal background clutter. There are no dioramas in the Schad Gallery, for instance. You connect with the exhibited objects through their visual appeal, as in the rest of the Museum. It's a bit like going into any art gallery, really. And of course you can't reach into the display cases and touch the exhibits, they can only be appreciated for their aesthetic beauty.
With the Schad displays, the ROM makes the most of anything that is furry, or has feathers, or has a hide ( like the big white rhino ) and was once living. But the fish and amphibians on display are entirely artificial, creations of display artists. It looks as if a huge amount of care has gone into recreating exactly what these fish and amphibians look like. There is a small display of dead things, pickled in preserving fluid, and one can easily see why a gallery full of dead pickled things would have limited appeal compared to the aesthetically attractive models that have been so artistically created.
There's also an exhibit of pretty, pretty, pretty live things, living on a coral reef, and some live ants!
With the Schad displays, the ROM makes the most of anything that is furry, or has feathers, or has a hide ( like the big white rhino ) and was once living. But the fish and amphibians on display are entirely artificial, creations of display artists. It looks as if a huge amount of care has gone into recreating exactly what these fish and amphibians look like. There is a small display of dead things, pickled in preserving fluid, and one can easily see why a gallery full of dead pickled things would have limited appeal compared to the aesthetically attractive models that have been so artistically created.
There's also an exhibit of pretty, pretty, pretty live things, living on a coral reef, and some live ants!