Oh My.
I am becoming very practical in my old age. At a lecture this evening, as soon as I heard someone referencing Habermas, my eyes rolled and my brain shut down, but not before thinking, "Oh how pedantic and pretentious!"
Several young heads bobbed in agreement, their gazes fixed in rapt attention at the speaker as he droned on, throwing out the occasional profanity to shock the crowd into laughter, proving that he was "hip." Whatever.
I had serious questions I wanted addressed: How long did the project take? How much did the exhibition cost to develop? What sorts of fees did the collaborator charge? Who provided funding? Are there other funders interested in supporting this innovative form of exhibition? Are museums other than art museums expressing interest in these sorts of collaborative exhibitions? What was the make-up of the exhibition development team. How did the team function together? At what point were all parties called into the project?
But these are not sexy questions. These are rather mundane and drab when one wants to discuss the unity (as opposed to the apparent past hostilities) between art and architecture. My questions would be decidedly unpopular and would waste the time of all the bobbing heads.
So I made note of the speakers names so that I can email them later to pester them with my all-too practical questions at a more appropriate time and left.
Besides, I had some grocery shopping to do.
Several young heads bobbed in agreement, their gazes fixed in rapt attention at the speaker as he droned on, throwing out the occasional profanity to shock the crowd into laughter, proving that he was "hip." Whatever.
I had serious questions I wanted addressed: How long did the project take? How much did the exhibition cost to develop? What sorts of fees did the collaborator charge? Who provided funding? Are there other funders interested in supporting this innovative form of exhibition? Are museums other than art museums expressing interest in these sorts of collaborative exhibitions? What was the make-up of the exhibition development team. How did the team function together? At what point were all parties called into the project?
But these are not sexy questions. These are rather mundane and drab when one wants to discuss the unity (as opposed to the apparent past hostilities) between art and architecture. My questions would be decidedly unpopular and would waste the time of all the bobbing heads.
So I made note of the speakers names so that I can email them later to pester them with my all-too practical questions at a more appropriate time and left.
Besides, I had some grocery shopping to do.