Category: Cabinets of Wonder with Nancy Hechinger

Final reflections on The Cloakroom; wearing relationships

Recently I began to notice that I am particularly drawn to intimate relationships, and the emotional charge they hold. I believe we get close to each other by…

Yekke

I’m imagining a ‘cloak room’ where people go to check out a jacket for a limited amount of time. In the jacket’s pockets they will discover things, while…

a good experience is…

Easy: to navigate, simple, not much to read, explanation available but not mandatory Surprise/Discovery: find something new, be surprised Perspective: communicates the subjectivity and allows for a view from various…

Horror Vacui Reflected

A few years back when I studied a course in History of Art I was introduced to the latin term “Horror Vacui” also known as kenophobia. The Italian critic…

Dreaming an exhibition for myself

After reading  ArtThat Changed Your Life–or at least how you looked at things and thinking about the art I experienced in my life and how it affected me I began to feel…

why not coffee + wifi in 2115

Experiencing a 2016 work/study coffee shop with wifi in 2115: Before entering the visitors will be invited to use a macbook readily open for them with yelp’s website to…

Museum visit – New York Hall of Science [NYSCI]

The NYSCI museum site has a lot of information about it’s events and exhibits but is missing the opening times even from the visit & admission pages. The address is only…

pregnant skies at the Rubin Museum

The Rubin Museum is a beautifully designed and I felt welcomed. They offer free entrance for NYU students and have many programs & events as well as exhibitions….

Museum Visit – MOCA

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) is located in Chinatown and we missed it’s entrance passing by it, thinking it was a restaurant. The museum space is thoughtfully designed, it has beautiful…