[Music] ladies and gentlemen this is a museum as
ladies and gentlemen this is a museum as
ladies and gentlemen this is a museum as we all know it as you probably know at
we all know it as you probably know at
we all know it as you probably know at classical museum this is as well white
classical museum this is as well white
classical museum this is as well white cube but I personally wish that museums
cube but I personally wish that museums
cube but I personally wish that museums would look slightly different that they
would look slightly different that they
would look slightly different that they might look a little bit like this or
might look a little bit like this or
might look a little bit like this or maybe even like this and why is that
maybe even like this and why is that
maybe even like this and why is that let’s recap a museum was erected in the
let’s recap a museum was erected in the
let’s recap a museum was erected in the nineteenth century as a principle and it
nineteenth century as a principle and it
nineteenth century as a principle and it was supposed to be didactic supposed to
was supposed to be didactic supposed to
was supposed to be didactic supposed to be educational which means that the
be educational which means that the
be educational which means that the underlying principle was a sort of
underlying principle was a sort of
underlying principle was a sort of artistic apartheid we all know apartheid
artistic apartheid we all know apartheid
artistic apartheid we all know apartheid right
right
right fortunately abolished in South Africa
fortunately abolished in South Africa
fortunately abolished in South Africa but still the rigor in museums if you
but still the rigor in museums if you
but still the rigor in museums if you look at this then you see it you feel it
look at this then you see it you feel it
look at this then you see it you feel it it’s not about the whiteness is about
it’s not about the whiteness is about
it’s not about the whiteness is about the separation you put art objects and
the separation you put art objects and
the separation you put art objects and splendid isolation art objects from
splendid isolation art objects from
splendid isolation art objects from different periods are not mixed they’re
different periods are not mixed they’re
different periods are not mixed they’re kept apart they’re kept pure
kept apart they’re kept pure
kept apart they’re kept pure unadulterated and that’s clear it’s
unadulterated and that’s clear it’s
unadulterated and that’s clear it’s obvious it’s very understandable but
obvious it’s very understandable but
obvious it’s very understandable but it’s not very exciting as you know we
it’s not very exciting as you know we
it’s not very exciting as you know we all liked some of you’d like to drink
all liked some of you’d like to drink
all liked some of you’d like to drink beer some of you like to drink wine but
beer some of you like to drink wine but
beer some of you like to drink wine but cocktails are a lot more exciting
cocktails are a lot more exciting
cocktails are a lot more exciting cocktails are more fizz and this is a
cocktails are more fizz and this is a
cocktails are more fizz and this is a cocktail mixing old and contemporary art
cocktail mixing old and contemporary art
cocktail mixing old and contemporary art creates bubble it creates fists it
creates bubble it creates fists it
creates bubble it creates fists it creates an additional meaning creates
creates an additional meaning creates
creates an additional meaning creates polyphony an infinity of possible
polyphony an infinity of possible
polyphony an infinity of possible meanings and I wish that museums would
meanings and I wish that museums would
meanings and I wish that museums would do that more often not be afraid to mix
do that more often not be afraid to mix
do that more often not be afraid to mix to use what the French called MIT Asajj
to use what the French called MIT Asajj
to use what the French called MIT Asajj carambola
carambola
carambola or what Salman Rushdie’s simply called
or what Salman Rushdie’s simply called
or what Salman Rushdie’s simply called bastardization bastards are usually
bastardization bastards are usually
bastardization bastards are usually negative or it’s a negative connotation
negative or it’s a negative connotation
negative or it’s a negative connotation but bastardization is fun
but bastardization is fun
but bastardization is fun it means mixing things that don’t belong
it means mixing things that don’t belong
it means mixing things that don’t belong together and make it into something
together and make it into something
together and make it into something entirely different
entirely different
entirely different Fusion is a more simple term we all know
Fusion is a more simple term we all know
Fusion is a more simple term we all know fusion kitchen this is a fusion museum
fusion kitchen this is a fusion museum
fusion kitchen this is a fusion museum and why would we want to do that I just
and why would we want to do that I just
and why would we want to do that I just said it’s creates additional meaning but
said it’s creates additional meaning but
said it’s creates additional meaning but it does a lot more it’s very you could
it does a lot more it’s very you could
it does a lot more it’s very you could do this as well if you really
do this as well if you really
do this as well if you really won’t Jeff Koons why would we do that
won’t Jeff Koons why would we do that
won’t Jeff Koons why would we do that it’s because a museum usually thinks
it’s because a museum usually thinks
it’s because a museum usually thinks like an art historian an art historian
like an art historian an art historian
like an art historian an art historian classifies makes clear linear lines but
classifies makes clear linear lines but
classifies makes clear linear lines but museums should also think like artists
museums should also think like artists
museums should also think like artists like this artist Marc Leckie artists are
like this artist Marc Leckie artists are
like this artist Marc Leckie artists are not inhibited by boundaries in time in
not inhibited by boundaries in time in
not inhibited by boundaries in time in cultures and geography they cross
cultures and geography they cross
cultures and geography they cross everything they mix Buddhist sculpture
everything they mix Buddhist sculpture
everything they mix Buddhist sculpture with blobs with shoes with miserable
with blobs with shoes with miserable
with blobs with shoes with miserable Tampax sculpture it doesn’t matter
Tampax sculpture it doesn’t matter
Tampax sculpture it doesn’t matter artists are not afraid to go across time
artists are not afraid to go across time
artists are not afraid to go across time to be transhistorical
to be transhistorical
to be transhistorical a second reason for the fusion museum is
a second reason for the fusion museum is
a second reason for the fusion museum is the cabinet of curiosities before we
the cabinet of curiosities before we
the cabinet of curiosities before we have museums in the nineteenth century
have museums in the nineteenth century
have museums in the nineteenth century you had cabinets of curiosity private
you had cabinets of curiosity private
you had cabinets of curiosity private collectors who didn’t just collect
collectors who didn’t just collect
collectors who didn’t just collect painting as you see but also shells
painting as you see but also shells
painting as you see but also shells stuffed animals coral anything you name
stuffed animals coral anything you name
stuffed animals coral anything you name it ostrich eggs and they mix that freely
it ostrich eggs and they mix that freely
it ostrich eggs and they mix that freely everything that was exotic and an object
everything that was exotic and an object
everything that was exotic and an object of wonder belong together didn’t need to
of wonder belong together didn’t need to
of wonder belong together didn’t need to be separate it could be joined it could
be separate it could be joined it could
be separate it could be joined it could be mixed a third reason to fuse stuff in
be mixed a third reason to fuse stuff in
be mixed a third reason to fuse stuff in the museum is that it’s how we live this
the museum is that it’s how we live this
the museum is that it’s how we live this might not be your living room it’s not
might not be your living room it’s not
might not be your living room it’s not mine either but it’s a beautiful example
mine either but it’s a beautiful example
mine either but it’s a beautiful example of total eclecticism an extreme one but
of total eclecticism an extreme one but
of total eclecticism an extreme one but maybe if you think of your own living
maybe if you think of your own living
maybe if you think of your own living room you might have ekr furniture mixed
room you might have ekr furniture mixed
room you might have ekr furniture mixed with design you might have a little
with design you might have a little
with design you might have a little antique cabinet from Grandma mixed with
antique cabinet from Grandma mixed with
antique cabinet from Grandma mixed with new carpets you might have some catch on
new carpets you might have some catch on
new carpets you might have some catch on the wall combined with high art we live
the wall combined with high art we live
the wall combined with high art we live in environments that are not pure that
in environments that are not pure that
in environments that are not pure that are not clean
are not clean
are not clean most of our environments although some
most of our environments although some
most of our environments although some of you might be modernist purists are
of you might be modernist purists are
of you might be modernist purists are fun celebratory frivolous like this
fun celebratory frivolous like this
fun celebratory frivolous like this living room although it might make it
living room although it might make it
living room although it might make it slightly uneasy to read a book there
slightly uneasy to read a book there
slightly uneasy to read a book there another reason to fuse in museums that
another reason to fuse in museums that
another reason to fuse in museums that simply is that art is not logical art is
simply is that art is not logical art is
simply is that art is not logical art is not a sort of Cartesian logic system
not a sort of Cartesian logic system
not a sort of Cartesian logic system it’s not mathematics it’s not algebra it
it’s not mathematics it’s not algebra it
it’s not mathematics it’s not algebra it very often creates meaning through
very often creates meaning through
very often creates meaning through confusion so if we put a museum that
confusion so if we put a museum that
confusion so if we put a museum that fuses it actually mimics the logic of
fuses it actually mimics the logic of
fuses it actually mimics the logic of art and how do we do that how can you do
art and how do we do that how can you do
art and how do we do that how can you do that this is a very simple example from
that this is a very simple example from
that this is a very simple example from my own Museum you see it in a kadai 21st
my own Museum you see it in a kadai 21st
my own Museum you see it in a kadai 21st century photographer with Solomon debry
century photographer with Solomon debry
century photographer with Solomon debry 17th century painter and what happens if
17th century painter and what happens if
17th century painter and what happens if you put these two together there’s one
you put these two together there’s one
you put these two together there’s one thing that happened is mean that artists
thing that happened is mean that artists
thing that happened is mean that artists talk to each other across the divide of
talk to each other across the divide of
talk to each other across the divide of centuries there was actually a
centuries there was actually a
centuries there was actually a conversation going on here between
conversation going on here between
conversation going on here between somebody has been dead for more than 300
somebody has been dead for more than 300
somebody has been dead for more than 300 years and somebody who lives today
years and somebody who lives today
years and somebody who lives today somebody who uses a new medium like
somebody who uses a new medium like
somebody who uses a new medium like photography and somebody who uses a very
photography and somebody who uses a very
photography and somebody who uses a very old medium like oil painting and for you
old medium like oil painting and for you
old medium like oil painting and for you as a viewer maybe not in this
as a viewer maybe not in this
as a viewer maybe not in this reproduction but in real life it makes
reproduction but in real life it makes
reproduction but in real life it makes you look instead of seeing it makes you
you look instead of seeing it makes you
you look instead of seeing it makes you focus you look at similarities you look
focus you look at similarities you look
focus you look at similarities you look at differences you look at the pose you
at differences you look at the pose you
at differences you look at the pose you look at how these ladies represent
look at how these ladies represent
look at how these ladies represent themselves and you might also be
themselves and you might also be
themselves and you might also be encouraged to think that there’s
encouraged to think that there’s
encouraged to think that there’s continuity in art like in life alright
continuity in art like in life alright
continuity in art like in life alright from the 17th century looks very
from the 17th century looks very
from the 17th century looks very different from art today but there’s the
different from art today but there’s the
different from art today but there’s the same kind of light motifs in it there’s
same kind of light motifs in it there’s
same kind of light motifs in it there’s a similar idea a similar feeling similar
a similar idea a similar feeling similar
a similar idea a similar feeling similar motivations to make art are still at
motivations to make art are still at
motivations to make art are still at hand and if you put those two literally
hand and if you put those two literally
hand and if you put those two literally together that might kind of resonate
together that might kind of resonate
together that might kind of resonate with you as an audience and the third
with you as an audience and the third
with you as an audience and the third reason and I find very important is if
reason and I find very important is if
reason and I find very important is if you put those two together it creates
you put those two together it creates
you put those two together it creates another kind of emotional value if you
another kind of emotional value if you
another kind of emotional value if you look at these two ladies might suddenly
look at these two ladies might suddenly
look at these two ladies might suddenly sense that they belong together that it
sense that they belong together that it
sense that they belong together that it might be family that they resemble each
might be family that they resemble each
might be family that they resemble each other it might be sisters mother and
other it might be sisters mother and
other it might be sisters mother and daughter mother and grandmother there’s
daughter mother and grandmother there’s
daughter mother and grandmother there’s a very illogical thing happening these
a very illogical thing happening these
a very illogical thing happening these people cannot be family they’re
people cannot be family they’re
people cannot be family they’re centuries apart but if you put them in a
centuries apart but if you put them in a
centuries apart but if you put them in a room you certainly have this sentiment a
room you certainly have this sentiment a
room you certainly have this sentiment a sense of belonging and this combination
sense of belonging and this combination
sense of belonging and this combination provokes you not to just think about art
provokes you not to just think about art
provokes you not to just think about art but to feel it and maybe that’s one of
but to feel it and maybe that’s one of
but to feel it and maybe that’s one of the main reasons to combine old masters
the main reasons to combine old masters
the main reasons to combine old masters with contemporary art it’s about feeling
with contemporary art it’s about feeling
with contemporary art it’s about feeling we all know that museums show art they
we all know that museums show art they
we all know that museums show art they preserve art they conserve or they study
preserve art they conserve or they study
preserve art they conserve or they study it they produce meaning
it they produce meaning
it they produce meaning show art but in my opinion and I’m not
show art but in my opinion and I’m not
show art but in my opinion and I’m not alone they should also provoke curiosity
alone they should also provoke curiosity
alone they should also provoke curiosity and Wonder and amazement and sometimes
and Wonder and amazement and sometimes
and Wonder and amazement and sometimes bewilderment and there’s this funny
bewilderment and there’s this funny
bewilderment and there’s this funny thing about us human beings most of the
thing about us human beings most of the
thing about us human beings most of the time we become curious where we don’t
time we become curious where we don’t
time we become curious where we don’t understand something become become
understand something become become
understand something become become curious when we don’t know something’s
curious when we don’t know something’s
curious when we don’t know something’s it’s a kind of positive negative if you
it’s a kind of positive negative if you
it’s a kind of positive negative if you know everything you’re not curious if
know everything you’re not curious if
know everything you’re not curious if you’re puzzled and bewildered you’re
you’re puzzled and bewildered you’re
you’re puzzled and bewildered you’re curious to know more and I believe that
curious to know more and I believe that
curious to know more and I believe that an unusual cocktail of old masters and
an unusual cocktail of old masters and
an unusual cocktail of old masters and contemporary art is not always easy or
contemporary art is not always easy or
contemporary art is not always easy or self-evident but it will hopefully
self-evident but it will hopefully
self-evident but it will hopefully tickle your imagination and it will make
tickle your imagination and it will make
tickle your imagination and it will make you understand that art should not just
you understand that art should not just
you understand that art should not just be felt but understood as well that it
be felt but understood as well that it
be felt but understood as well that it should not be observed by your heart
should not be observed by your heart
should not be observed by your heart only but also by your head and
only but also by your head and
only but also by your head and vice-versa that you need to experience
vice-versa that you need to experience
vice-versa that you need to experience are with every possible sense you have
are with every possible sense you have
are with every possible sense you have in your body and in your brain and I
in your body and in your brain and I
in your body and in your brain and I just want to ask you to keep that in
just want to ask you to keep that in
just want to ask you to keep that in mind
mind
mind when you next walk into a museum maybe
when you next walk into a museum maybe
when you next walk into a museum maybe the front halls Museum museum any other
the front halls Museum museum any other
the front halls Museum museum any other museum in the world that loves to mix
museum in the world that loves to mix
museum in the world that loves to mix tradition and tomorrow that loves to
tradition and tomorrow that loves to
tradition and tomorrow that loves to make to mix art from now with art from
make to mix art from now with art from
make to mix art from now with art from yesterday just keep in mind that you’re
yesterday just keep in mind that you’re
yesterday just keep in mind that you’re not supposed to get it you’re not
not supposed to get it you’re not
not supposed to get it you’re not supposed to understand you’re supposed
supposed to understand you’re supposed
supposed to understand you’re supposed to think like an artist you’re supposed
to think like an artist you’re supposed
to think like an artist you’re supposed to blur cross boundaries think diversity
to blur cross boundaries think diversity
to blur cross boundaries think diversity just violate every border and that you
just violate every border and that you
just violate every border and that you know and just follow one lead and
know and just follow one lead and
know and just follow one lead and realize that my final quote might be
realize that my final quote might be
realize that my final quote might be most people in the room might be too
most people in the room might be too
most people in the room might be too young or too old to know this song evoke
young or too old to know this song evoke
young or too old to know this song evoke but they simply say free your mind and
but they simply say free your mind and
but they simply say free your mind and the rest will follow
the rest will follow
the rest will follow thank you
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