The project posted below reminded me of Lyx and Miekal's Madison front yard in the 1980s, one section crowded by an ever-evolving "Avant-Garde Museum of Temporary Art." (Correct me, Miekal, if I've got the title wrong.) Long a landmark on Willy Street, always turning heads, sparking smiles or smoldering scowls, this structure, part Egyptian catacombs (I could get lost in it at least), part Tower of Babel, "housed" collages, letters, poems, Hugo Ballesque sculptures, many a Malok glyph, the remnants of mailart shows, covers of chapbooks, paintings large and small, most totally exposed to the elements (some were shellacked to the walls and frames).
Lyx and Miekal made a statement with this project: art is everywhere, art is open, sans admission, sans esoteric training for practitioner or viewer. I remember more than once sitting out of sight somewhere in the structure, reading or scribling as was my wont, when a couple would stroll up and start talking about the display. From the intensity of their comments, positive and/or critical, I knew they were seeing something they wouldn't soon forget.
Hello, dear artist,You are invited to participate in The Museum of Temporary Art, our ongoing
project. We are looking for small objects (size 3,5 x 3,5 x 7 cm) connected
to a story, which makes the objects valuable and special.Please see http://www.museum-of-temporary-art.com/participate.html for more
details and for the exhibit sheet, which you should fill out and send
together with your contribution, if you want to participate.The newest 33 exhibts are in the real Museum of Temporary Art and can be
seen on the website http://www.museum-of-temporary-art.com/. Replace the
exhibits and keep the exhibition alive.All the best and greetings from Tübingen, Germany
Debby and Benjamin Bohm
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