- Do some background searching on the web about whiteness (make sure you record the sources uses such as Google, Wikipedia and others from the web or print materials). Find icons we could use, websites, who are the experts we should consult or hire?
Andres Serrano, "The Interpretation of Dreams (White Nigger)," 2001, cibachrome/ silicone/plexiglas/wood frame, 60 x 49 1/2"- What model of a museum would work best? Consider museums you know like a wax museum, science centers (hands-on), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, the Museum of Sex, etc. Should it be a virtual museum, a learning museum or a marketing museum? Search for an appropriate model online and consider which might work best.
Here a source to start with but find your own too.
http://fno.org/museum/museweb.html
- We would need to create some exhibits around themes and issues. What are the themes and issues and imagine a main exhibit for the main hall. There are artists and scholars who've already done work on such themes and issues. Find some established and new artists/teachers/musicians/performers/scholars/issues etc. to feature. (i.e., Jena 6?, Kara Walker? Michael Moore?)
- A simple way to do this same project is to ask 5 people. As a study of race in our anthropology course, we are assigned to create a museum of White American culture. There are museums for all other ethnic/racial makeups. We wondered what should be exhibited in our collection. Could you list the first 3-5 themes or issues we should include. Or five objects or events we should feature to be representative of whiteness in America.
We can discuss the process here til Thursday and beyond.
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