Comments on: How galleries are like hospitals. Or what I learned in #CLASS.

By: Definitive Roundup of Links and Reviews Surroung Powhida and Dalton’s #class

Sun, 02 May 2010 18:44:55 +0000

[...] C-Monstah: How galleries are like hospitals. Or what I learned in #CLASS. as I chatted with my fellow #CLASSmates (thank you, Barry), I realised that galleries bear an uncanny resemblance to an institutional space of a different nature:hospitals. The likeness, in fact, is downright unnerving. [...]

By: Being present « Life on an Island

Being present « Life on an Island — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:51:32 +0000

[...] experience. I am an art nerd and avid museum-goer, and MoMA is one of my favorites. But museums, like galleries, can feel so sterile sometimes. And visiting them, while not quite a lonely experience, tends to be [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:50:11 +0000

I can see what you’re getting at… But still, at least in my country, most hospitals’ walls tend to be light green or blue, not white (easily overlooked in a b/w photograph). I’m not so sure about the magazines and the funny smell either, plus in most art-spaces people are too bored to look nervous and unsettled- I think that’s the whole problem. Fact is that the gallery system (and the institutions that are in charge of (re)presenting art in general) is decomposting and we know it- the question is what we do with this knowledge. I’m very interested in discussing this topic, so thanks for opening it up!

By: Definitive Roundup of Links and Reviews Surroung Powhida and Dalton's #class

Definitive Roundup of Links and Reviews Surroung Powhida and Dalton's #class — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:37:01 +0000

By: Galeria? Hospital? | abitpixel

Galeria? Hospital? | abitpixel — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:25:29 +0000

[...] se escreve por aí nos chats das redes sociais, LOL. Retirado daqui. [...]