Re: <documenta X><blast> navigating institutional spaces
Eve Andree Laramee (wander@earthlink.net)
Sun, 31 Aug 1997 21:08:37 -0700 (PDT)
Robbin Murphy wrote:
>I keep thinking about how the physical positioning of the Museum of Natural
>History and the Metropolitan Museum in New York came about. They were
>originally suppose to inhabit the same building since "art" and "natural
>history" were not so much in competition at the turn of the century. They
>shared a common interest in archeological expeditions.
>
>For various reasons they ended up as separate buildings opposing each other
>but mediated by Central Park. These can be seen as three autonomous
>institutions (of Science, Nature, Art) or they can be seen as an urban
>object of Science and Art networked by Nature.
http://artnetweb.com/laramee/
Eve
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