Wasn't there a fictional (obviously) story in the 60s 0r 70s about an
archaeologist in the future finding a 20th century bathroom, interpreting it
as a throne room with a ritual place to wash, etc.? I think I remember
studying this in an archaeology class. Bill Maurer
Gomez Mill House
www.gomez.org

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Subject: Re: "Motel of Mysteries" exhibit


In a message dated 10/21/99 9:47:33 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

>Johnson Museum on
>the Cornell campus in the early 80s which  followed a similar path.  The
>premise was the discovery of a New York City dumpster (I think) at some
>point in the future.  The exhibit  interpreted the trash as various types
>of ritual objects and even included a display case at the end with "museum
>shop" items -- necklaces made from pop top r

This sounds a lot like the "Civilization of Lhuros" work by a member of the
Cornell Art Department faculty that showed in Albany and was probably a
travelling show, around 1975, -76 or so. Afraid I have forgotten the
artist's
name, but the work was stimulating, inventive, and fun.

Post-modernist-minded contemporary art historians might mark the exhibit as
an important point in late 20th century historicism. (Sorry for the
self-referential sentence.)

David Formanek
Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum
USS Constitution Museum

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