Curious George
Boredom can make you do strange things .. like watch reruns of crappy movies.
happened to see this animated flick "Curious George" .. a story of how one museum guide tries to save the museum from shutting down.
His brilliant plan being to travel half way across the world to find an ancient idol "Zagawa" to bring in the crowds.Now the point is instead of finding another piece of history and keeping it in a glass enclosure, wouldn't it have been a better idea to create an atmosphere that would draw the crowds.
People love to listen to stories that make the piece come alive.. e.g: "the Mona Lisa".. so much has been said about this piece of art and its creator that all the speculation all the hype draws the crowds. Not many people would be interested to see a coin from 1600 b.c, those already inside the museum could throw an glance its way - for most and rightly so its just a piece of metal.
For the visitors and the people standing outside making a choice as to whether to spend time in a museum as against a walk to absorb the culture.. a story of the origin and importance needs to be demonstrated - thinking provoked and a connection established by creating an ambiance around each piece.
Most likely the visitors are just curious passers by, or in the look out for a hyped treasure.In such a case no Zakawa is going to save the museum ... you need to enhance what you have to make it desirable.
Which incidentally is what happens in the flick and is probably what the curators should have focused on in the first place.
happened to see this animated flick "Curious George" .. a story of how one museum guide tries to save the museum from shutting down.
His brilliant plan being to travel half way across the world to find an ancient idol "Zagawa" to bring in the crowds.Now the point is instead of finding another piece of history and keeping it in a glass enclosure, wouldn't it have been a better idea to create an atmosphere that would draw the crowds.
People love to listen to stories that make the piece come alive.. e.g: "the Mona Lisa".. so much has been said about this piece of art and its creator that all the speculation all the hype draws the crowds. Not many people would be interested to see a coin from 1600 b.c, those already inside the museum could throw an glance its way - for most and rightly so its just a piece of metal.
For the visitors and the people standing outside making a choice as to whether to spend time in a museum as against a walk to absorb the culture.. a story of the origin and importance needs to be demonstrated - thinking provoked and a connection established by creating an ambiance around each piece.
Most likely the visitors are just curious passers by, or in the look out for a hyped treasure.In such a case no Zakawa is going to save the museum ... you need to enhance what you have to make it desirable.
Which incidentally is what happens in the flick and is probably what the curators should have focused on in the first place.
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