Momento

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Watermark

Publication Year:
2023

ISBN-13: 9781774220788

<p>Why do we stand in front of art and look at it? Why do we go to galleries and museums? What does it feel like? What do you expect to have happen there? How do you feel before you enter, after you leave? What do you do with all your moods, your attentions, your restlessness, your curiosity, your sense of time? How does a visit <em>come to be</em> in the way that a painting <em>comes to be</em>? Does it matter how you begin? Does it matter if you’re ready? Jeffery Donaldson's <em>Momento</em> answers these questions and more by offering a poetic daydream about the curious, otherworldly, but urgent and existential experience of art, artifacts, and the buildings that house them. This little book itself is like a visit to a museum. Enter and wander as you please.</p><p>Why do we stand in front of art and look at it? Why do we go to galleries and museums? What does it feel like? What do you expect to have happen there? How do you feel before you enter, after you leave? What do you do with all your moods, your attentions, your restlessness, your curiosity, your sense of time? How does a visit <em>come to be</em> in the way that a painting <em>comes to be</em>? Does it matter how you begin? Does it matter if you’re ready? Jeffery Donaldson's <em>Momento</em> answers these questions and more by offering a poetic daydream about the curious, otherworldly, but urgent and existential experience of art, artifacts, and the buildings that house them. This little book itself is like a visit to a museum. Enter and wander as you please.</p>