By Design: Historical and Contemporary Objects from Canadian Collections
Design Exchange, exhibition runs til December 31st
Excerpt: Art objects draw threads between personal experience and shared bodies of knowledge, but the connections are often ephemeral and oblique. Design objects, on the other hand, make direct reference to current events, business, manufacture and historical trends. "I don't like the words beautiful and ugly," says Michael Prokopow,"What we think about objects is irrelevant. These are pieces of history, evidence. We have to contend with them as cultural artefacts."
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"I imagine my tongue freezing to the metal"
I don't know how to respond to that, other than with an embarrassed recognition: "...yah ...so, we always imagine our tongues freezing to metal. What's it to you?"
Canadian fetish.
I'm a Canadian now.
Welcome. But what an odd website - it is for ex-pats?
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By Design: Historical and Contemporary Objects from Canadian Collections
Design Exchange, exhibition runs til December 31st
Excerpt: Art objects draw threads between personal experience and shared bodies of knowledge, but the connections are often ephemeral and oblique. Design objects, on the other hand, make direct reference to current events, business, manufacture and historical trends. "I don't like the words beautiful and ugly," says Michael Prokopow,"What we think about objects is irrelevant. These are pieces of history, evidence. We have to contend with them as cultural artefacts."
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- sally mckay 12-16-2005 4:33 pm
"I imagine my tongue freezing to the metal"
I don't know how to respond to that, other than with an embarrassed recognition: "...yah ...so, we always imagine our tongues freezing to metal. What's it to you?"
- L.M. 12-16-2005 6:19 pm
Canadian fetish.
- sally mckay 12-16-2005 6:52 pm
I'm a Canadian now.
- tom moody 12-19-2005 3:54 am
Welcome. But what an odd website - it is for ex-pats?
- sally mckay 12-19-2005 4:03 pm