Just got back from a guided tour of the Museum of Modern Art with Culture for the Non-Cultured Meetup site). Great art to be seen and discussed; great people to meet.
Whenever I go to museums, I try to leave with at least 2 or 3 facts that I didn’t know before that I try to never forget. (If you attended MoMA and have another 3, feel free to chime in with a reply.)
1. I never knew Dali was so into movies. He created dream sequences for Hitchcock’s Spellbound, and collaborated with Walt Disney on an animated movie called Destino. (Destino was not made into a movie until 2003, when Walt Disney studios took storyboards created by Disney and Dali and created animation magic). A trailer for Destino is at the end of this post — just click in the center to play it.
2. Museum of Modern Art has 6 floors, and they are designed to be seen from the top floor down.
3. We are slowly moving from an age of mass production to mass customization. Instead of the same car, for instance, being made an infinite number of times in the same style, an infinite number of cars are being made catering to people’s individual style and preferences.
Culture for the Non-Cultured’s next event is Theater! Life in a Marital Institution. Check it out at the Culture for the Non-Cultured website
2 responses so far ↓
1 Dan // Aug 1, 2008 at 11:40 am
Nice post. Yes Dali was into film and other mediums. Dali used insects to create art, so it makes sense that he was open to anyting. Dali also considered the art of cooking as important as any other medium. I enjoyed the exhibit as well and hope for more Dali exhibits soon!
2 sheryllana // Aug 1, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I agree that cooking is an art! And what a delicious art it is! Thanks, Dan.
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