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MoRE. Museum of refused and unrealised art projects

MoRE is a digital museum that collects, preserves and exhibits on-line refused and unrealised art projects of the XX and XXI century. Originated from an idea of Elisabetta Modena and Marco Scotti, the museum collects and exhibits projects that have been conceived on purpose for specific occasions, in determined contexts, even though not necessarily commissioned, …

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Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gómez-Peña

In March 1992, writer/artist Coco Fusco and performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña locked themselves in a cage and performed as “Amerindians,” wearing masks and converse sneakers, typing on laptops and making Vodou dolls. As the exhibit travelled from Irvine, CA to the Smithsonian in DC and London and Madrid, the artists blurred boundaries between subject and …

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Information Circulation and the News Museum

References to alternate or mainstream forms of communication led me to research the News Museum, recently mentioned by a friend. The museum was opened in 2008 in Washington DC, and states that it is dedicated “to free expression and the five freedoms of the First Amendment: religion, speech, press, assembly and petition.” Highlights of the …

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Repatriation of Blackfoot Sacred Items at Glenbow Museum

Living mostly in the province of Alberta, the Blackfoot people are part of the four First Nations of Canada. The Glenbow museum, located in Calgary, like many ethnographic museums, holds many sacred objects, including medicine bundles from the Blackfoot people, holy items used in worship. Glenbow began receiving large-scale protest from First Nation people for …

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