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Last meals of death row convicts by James Reynolds
For a while now, I’ve had this weird idea of hosting a series of macabre dinner parties which serves the last meals requested by convicts on death row. (Although I think I might need to find more twisted friends first). … Continue reading
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Tagged art, criminal, food, institution, last meals, photography
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Prisoners’ Inventions Project by Temporary Services
Temporary Services is an artist collective (made up of Brett Bloom, Salem Collo-Julin and Marc Fischer) based out of Chicago, who create activist-minded public projects which challenge conventional forms of public expression. One ridiculously interesting project they’ve undertaken is Prisoners’ … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary Art, Ideas
Tagged art, criminal, imagination, institution, inventions, outsider art, tattoos
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19th Century Mug Shots from New Zealand
This slideshow displays a sample of the amazing 19th century mug shots that formed part of a show I curated at the New Zealand Police Museum last year, Suspicious Looking (available here as an online exhibition). Until then, these incredible … Continue reading
Posted in History, Museums
Tagged criminal, History, mug shot, museum, new zealand, photography, police, victorian era
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Museum accession numbers are like gang tattoos
I think one of the most bizarre museum practices is the act of marking museum artefacts with an accession number. Like the tattoos of gang members, it is a permanent symbol which marks their lifelong membership in a collective from … Continue reading
