the art of collecting lightbulbs
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Dr. Hugh Francis Hicks at The Old Museum of Incandescent Lighting
Lisa Congdon, from A Collection a Day
Lisa Congdon, from A Collection a Day
Lisa Congdon, from A Collection a Day
Barry McGee, Spray Cans at the ICA Boston
Barry McGee, Retrospective at Berkley Museum of Art
Paul Elliman, Found Font Dead Scissors
Paul Elliman, ”Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language”
The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
James Turrell, Skyspace, various locations
Conjoined Twins, Mutter Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Mutter Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Théodore Géricault, Anatomical Pieces, 1818
Kiki Smith, Nuit
Kiki Smith, Untitled, 1990
Kiki Smith, Ribs, 1987
Damien Hirst, Nothing is a Problem for Me, 1992
Damien Hirst, Away from the Flock, 1994
Mark Dion and William Schefferine, Tropical Rain Forest Preserves, 1989 remade 2003
Mark Dion, Scala Naturae, 1994
Mark Dion, Oceanmania, 2005
The notion of Kunst- und Wunderkammern or "Wondercabinets" may seem a bit antiquated today, but they gave their owners an opportunity to gather together all kinds of things that brought elements of beauty and surprise to their lives. Imagine a modern day Wunderkammern of your own design. What kinds of things might you select of your own?
Read:• Chapter 5, “The Art of Collecting Lightbulbs”
Respond in your Journal:1. Reflect (in at least ONE PAGE) on chapter 5, a
quote or one of the videos shown in class.2. In your journal, discuss a collection you have.
Include a photograph or drawing of your collection. What compels you to collect these things?
3. In the next week, create a collection of things from your daily life? You should bring at least 20 things to next week’s class.• What compelled you to collect these things?• What is the ordering principle behind this
collection?