Curating in the Continuous Present: A Rehearsal For Gertrude Stein's Objects Lie on a TableMain MenuA Detective Story“Objects on a table and the explanation.” (Stein, Objects, 105)The tableau has come off the wall.How to Write (in and of time)“In doing this thing, I hope to find out this question.” (Stein, How Writing is Written, 156)“Act so there is no use in a center.” (Stein, Tender Buttons, 63)“What is a relation?” (Stein, Objects, 105)“It is by no means strange to arrange.” (Stein, Stanzas in Meditation, 143)Re-Arranging Rhetoric“With which part of the arrangement are they in agreement.” (Stein, How to Write 136)What might the rehearsal of this play mean for exhibition making?path 2A Dramaturgy for Curating Processpath 2Rehearsals for Curating Reversalspath 2And afterwards. Now that is all. (Stein, Composition, 6)essay conclusionWorks Citedbibliographic informationEmelie Chhangur2d057680e6c2808d559b662d85db94eee62664f7
12016-02-23T19:30:42-08:00Erika DeFreitas (if you look closely she moves), 201611plain2016-03-22T13:39:43-07:00Erika DeFreitas, (if you look closely she moves), 2016. Assemblage composed of vintage thread spools, candle sticks (glass, wood, brass), stones, wax, vintage Mary sculptures (wood, porcelain, resin). Courtesy of the artist. *Sometimes located in the Hart House Chapel. We take our cue from the nuns, who open Stein’s play, and stage these works as the opening of the exhibition. Despite being symbol of purity and restraint, these nuns, and thus now these Marys, are mischievous characters, having "fun and funny things," (Objects, 105) alter-ing the arrangement (an altar is, after all, just another table), playing in the “house”—in other words—messing with the system. At times DeFreitas takes these “migrating” Marys on trips to the Hart House Chapel, where she writes about them as part of her ongoing performance. “But do not bother to remember the other place of worship.” (Objects, 106) Before you enter this one (the gallery), remember what this work is asking us: “do you like to see funny things for fun.” (Objects, 105) So... lighten up!
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