The Museum of Broken Relationships grew from a traveling exhibition revolving around the concept of failed relationships and their ruins. Unlike ‘destructive’ self-help instructions for recovery from failed loves, the Museum offers a chance to overcome an emotional collapse through creation: by contributing to the Museum's collection.
Whatever the motivation for donating personal belongings – be it sheer exhibitionism, therapeutic relief, or simple curiosity – people embraced the idea of exhibiting their love legacy as a sort of a ritual, a solemn ceremony. Our societies oblige us with our marriages, funerals, and even graduation farewells, but deny us any formal recognition of the demise of a relationship, despite its strong emotional effect. In the words of Roland Barthes in A Lover's Discourse: "Every passion, ultimately, has its spectator... (there is) no amorous oblation without a final theater."
Museet skapades av ett par från Zagreb som efter att deras kärlek tog slut skojade om vad de skulle göra av alla deras minnen ( av varandra) . Efter några år kom de till skott och bad även sina vänner att dela med sig av sina ting/ minnen då kärlek tagit slut . Utställningen har rest jorden runt, fler och fler minnen har tillkommit. Men den har aldrig visats upp i Sverige
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