>Mike, >What a great source! Thanks so much! > >Aldona > The following link has lists of books, plays and films that feature > art conservators or art conservation as a main theme in the work. > > http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/rushfield/conservation-fiction/ > > > The source of the site is the "Conservation On Line" website. > > http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/ > > Mike > > > >> >I'm teaching an "Introduction to Museum Studies" course next year. I plan >> to >> >examine popular images of museums by having students read novels and/or >> watch > > >films that are about, or set in, museums. Any suggested titles? > > Aldonna, If you want to reach a little further and expose your students to contemporary art/film in the process, you could present Isaac Julien's THE ATTENDANT. Yes it takes place in a museum but its NOTHING like the films on the other lists. Definitely screen it before bringing it to class! Mike The Film Art of Isaac Julien Isaac Julien is Britain's preeminent black filmmaker, an internationally recognized artist, writer, teacher, and scholar. His films include "Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask" (1995); the Cannes Film Festival prizewinner, "Young Soul Rebels" (1991); and the critically acclaimed documentary on Langston Hughes, "Looking for Langston" (1989). Julien's preoccupation is with the representation of race and masculinity in film. While his work is certainly considered "avant garde," Julien employs conventional filmic strategies such as narrative and beauty to explore and subvert stereotypical portrayals of gay and black subjects. More poetic than didactic, his films are characterized by their dream-like imagery and sensuality. In the film installation The Attendant, a black uniformed, male guard (the attendant) and a black female conservator are the protagonists. The attendant and the conservator are locked in silence, and no interaction takes place between them and a white visitor. This silence is shattered by the amorous sounds of the attendant and the visitor making love in the museum. Julien thus presents desire and pleasure as possible avenues for resistance to racial and class distinctions. Although she remains silent, the conservator is an ally, enabling the encounter between the lovers. The recently completed Three (The Conservator's Dream), is projected as three looped sequences side by side. An exploration of desire through dance, Three juxtaposes symbolic images with their religious, cultural, and social references. Through its collaborative nature and with its interdisciplinary references (to photography, film, dance, painting), it breaks down the barriers between those disciplines and beautifully unites them. -- ***************************************************************** Michael McHugh, AIA LEED Accredited Professional E. Verner Johnson and Associates Museum Architects and Planners 222 Berkeley Street, Suite 1350 Boston, MA 02116 tel: 617-437-6262 fax: 617-437-1272 http://www.vernerjohnson.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).