Comments on: About Our Labels http://www.follymuseum.com stuff and nonsense Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:16:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: xensen http://www.follymuseum.com/on-labels/comment-page-1/#comment-5 xensen Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:44:48 +0000 http://friscovista.com/folly-museum/?page_id=31#comment-5 My dear Ms. Nico Here at MoFo we subscribe wholeheartedly to the notion of the sanctity of dumb objects. Without such objects this museum would not exist. Sincerely, Dr. Xensen My dear Ms. Nico

Here at MoFo we subscribe wholeheartedly to the notion of the sanctity of dumb objects. Without such objects this museum would not exist.

Sincerely,

Dr. Xensen

]]> By: nico http://www.follymuseum.com/on-labels/comment-page-1/#comment-4 nico Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:16:46 +0000 http://friscovista.com/folly-museum/?page_id=31#comment-4 Dear Dr. X, I was unable to find any images in the usual manner (stealing them from google images), so it seems I will be forced to do field work afterall. In answer to your query, a number of concrete parking stones similar to the one pictured were treated in the manner of "Shiva Stones," adorned with flowered garlands and the like. The practice has not been carried out for some while--the last time I walked by the stones they were bare--but it may have something to do with individuals who profess a kind of "union" while beating drums and enjoying endlessly noodly forms of music. I would like to study further this phenomenon of ascribing sanctity to dumb objects, but I fear that my discriminatory bias against this group of subjects would cloud my findings (they are dirty and smelly). Dear Dr. X,
I was unable to find any images in the usual manner (stealing them from google images), so it seems I will be forced to do field work afterall. In answer to your query, a number of concrete parking stones similar to the one pictured were treated in the manner of “Shiva Stones,” adorned with flowered garlands and the like.
The practice has not been carried out for some while–the last time I walked by the stones they were bare–but it may have something to do with individuals who profess a kind of “union” while beating drums and enjoying endlessly noodly forms of music. I would like to study further this phenomenon of ascribing sanctity to dumb objects, but I fear that my discriminatory bias against this group of subjects would cloud my findings (they are dirty and smelly).

]]> By: xensen http://www.follymuseum.com/on-labels/comment-page-1/#comment-3 xensen Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:52:41 +0000 http://friscovista.com/folly-museum/?page_id=31#comment-3 Dear Nico The MoFo Conservation department is currently working day and night on condition reports and and conservation of objects that have been moved from our old location. Conservators are absolutely not available to the public (unless . . . you're not a high-level donor, are you? if you are considering making a big donation, let's talk). I am curious about these GGP posts, however. Our curators seemed a little unsure about them. Can you provide images? Dear Nico

The MoFo Conservation department is currently working day and night on condition reports and and conservation of objects that have been moved from our old location. Conservators are absolutely not available to the public (unless . . . you’re not a high-level donor, are you? if you are considering making a big donation, let’s talk).

I am curious about these GGP posts, however. Our curators seemed a little unsure about them. Can you provide images?

]]> By: nico http://www.follymuseum.com/on-labels/comment-page-1/#comment-2 nico Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:39:33 +0000 http://friscovista.com/folly-museum/?page_id=31#comment-2 Related to your posting of a picture of a 'traffic post,' I'm curious if I can use this as a key to date the ones found around Golden Gate Park in San Francisco? does the MoF have a conservation department that could assist me? Thank you in advance. Related to your posting of a picture of a ‘traffic post,’ I’m curious if I can use this as a key to date the ones found around Golden Gate Park in San Francisco? does the MoF have a conservation department that could assist me?
Thank you in advance.

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