The organization CULTURESHUTDOWN is calling museums and
galleries worldwide to participate in their important international cultural
awareness campaign. This campaign is a reaction to the acute crisis affecting
major cultural institutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The safety of precious
artifacts and heritage are at stake. To learn more visit http://www.cultureshutdown.net/public-call-day-of-museum-solidarity/.
CULTURESHUTDOWN calls on you and other museums across the
globe to demonstrate your solidarity with threatened Bosnian cultural
institutions by symbolically “erasing” one precious artwork or artifact,
rendering it inaccessible for the Day of Museum Solidarity.
Hurry the deadline is February 22nd! To participate
please visit http://www.cultureshutdown.net/public-call-day-of-museum-solidarity/
and fill out the form to receive the CULTURESHUTDOWN logo tape to display.
On March 1, place the yellow barricade tape in front of the
chosen object (ranging from a dinosaurs skeleton to a painting, depending on
your collection and your choice). Take a picture of the “crossed out” object
and send it to info@cultureshutdown.net. The “crossed out” artifact should be
publicly visible in your institution from March 1 – 3 (customizable sign
available on their website as well). The
collected pictures of Museum Solidarity across the world will be posted on the
CULTURESHUTDOWN website on Monday March 4, the scheduled Day of Museum
Solidarity. As many museums are closed on Mondays, our global campaign will
take the form of a virtual collective exhibition on CULTURESHUTDOWN website.
Contact:
Dr. Azra Aksamija for CULTURESHUTDOWNAssistant Professor, Program in Art, Culture and Technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E-Mail: info@cultureshutdown.net
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