and do: go to a museum #4

I don't get excited about most science-y things. (As you may guess by my use of the word "science-y".) But food science? Combined with stunning photography? That I can get excited about. I've got this exhibition, The Photography of Modernist Cuisine, on my calendar and hope you add it to yours.

The Photography of Modernist Cuisine
Pacific Science Center, Seattle
October 26, 2013 - February 17, 2014

Image via Modernist Cuisine

and do: go to a museum #3

A primary disadvantage, as I see it, with not having the means to teleport is missing museum exhibitions in cities far away. Really, I just want to pop in and pop out. There is so much to see. And when it comes to art, a computer screen just doesn't cut it. For this edition of go to a museum, I'm daydreaming of visiting the upcoming exhibition "A Queen Within" opening October 19 at the World Chess Hall of Fame (yes, really) in St. Louis. From the exhibition website:

Produced by an international team of thought-leaders, curators, fashion insiders, and chess players, the exhibition focuses on the how storytelling as well as the various archetypes of the queen have captured the imagination of innovative fashion designers.

Image: Charlie Le Mindu, SS2010 via World Chess Hall of Fame 

and do: go to a museum #2

Let me start by saying that Links: Australian Glass and the Pacific Northwest at the Museum of Glass is really an exceptional exhibit. Still I also have to say that one of the most whimsical and conversational pieces of art that I saw during my excursion to Tacoma was this stump (what do you even call these things that often bridge the space between the sidewalk and the crosswalk?) that was covered in the museum admission stickers. It made me laugh. It made me pause and take a picture. And it made me marvel at the fact that the first person to most likely simply casually dispose of their sticker in this way probably had no idea they were starting a collaborative piece. It's fun to think of all the art lovers and tourists who have contributed to this piece of work.

I also loved these pieces by Janice Vitkovsky.

and do: go to a museum on a Tuesday

2100° / 451° from Etsuko Ichikawa on Vimeo.

No one else will be there. Most likely. You will have the gallery to yourself. You can be totally mesmerized by a video of an artist painting on paper with glass. You will be tempted to touch the art. Especially if you have a thing for paper and are viewing an exhibit on artists working with paper. Signs will warn you that the gallery is being video monitored. Besides you are a respectful young adult with a degree in art history and plenty of museum volunteer experience. You know not to touch the art. Even when there is an installation and you are walking under paper just an inch above your head. And it looks like damn fine paper.

*Note: Paper Unbound at the Wing Luke Museum, about which I wrote this post, is now closed. But I also highly recommend Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion now on view at the Seattle Art Museum. Oh, and if I had a travel machine that transported me to museums, I would totally hop in it to go to Pasión Popular: Spanish and Latin American Folk Art from the Cecere Collection before it closes at the end of the week!