Museums as “something closer to an amusement park or hedge fund full of ‘noninvested surplus capital’” brings to mind the many recent labor actions organized by museum workers fighting for fair working conditions (Brooklyn Museum, MassMoCA)—“museums function as a ‘civilizing’ space, presenting aspirational bourgeois behavior” indeed!
Museums as “something closer to an amusement park or hedge fund full of ‘noninvested surplus capital’” brings to mind the many recent labor actions organized by museum workers fighting for fair working conditions (Brooklyn Museum, MassMoCA)—“museums function as a ‘civilizing’ space, presenting aspirational bourgeois behavior” indeed!
Also, the digital zine is such a treat. I loved reading the piece in that format.
Museums as “something closer to an amusement park or hedge fund full of ‘noninvested surplus capital’” brings to mind the many recent labor actions organized by museum workers fighting for fair working conditions (Brooklyn Museum, MassMoCA)—“museums function as a ‘civilizing’ space, presenting aspirational bourgeois behavior” indeed!
Also, the digital zine is such a treat. I loved reading the piece in that format.