Friday, September 18, 2009

WE EMBARK ON AN ADVENTURE (WEEK ONE)

The gallery space (before).


We're here to tell you the story of how we produced an exhibit. Our exhibit. But, it's for you, too. And, it's about something important.

We are three students, one museum person, and a small host of supportive parents.

Our objective is to learn about, and then communicate about in exhibit form, the phenomenon of slavery. But not slavery that went extinct in the modern mind in the 19th-century: we want to highlight the fact that slavery is going on today. Right now, in 2009. As we speak, as we eat, as we sleep. The slavery you can still find in the threads of our clothes, the packages of food we consume, and in the books we don't read in school.

We'll be posting pictures, talking about our process, and sharing things about ourselves along the way. When we're done, we'll host an opening. You're invited, of course!

We're on our way, and thanks for following along. You could build an exhibit too. Anyone can. Whether you have museum walls or not.

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