Rachel Sale’s idea

 For the museums of the future is something that I find attractive. It is simple.

Yes we were back at the V and A yesterday. It took a while to get there because Middle Cat is not fast in the morning at any time and right now she is struggling to do much despite her protestations to the contrary.

We did get there for a second time however and did a bit more prowling. On the way out we came across the learning centre area. As former teachers we found that interesting. One program was of particular interest to me as it was concerned with the relationship between physical and knitting. We were both interested in the primary school project encouraging children to create sounds and relate them to pictures as well.

The other area of interest at the end of our time there however was the temporary installation of modern work. Much of this was self indulgent in the way art all too often is but Rachel Sale’s approach to the idea of future museums was very different. I like the way she has attempted to involve everyone who might be interested. Look up the Blue Print project if you are interested and see a very different sort of blueprint for the future. It has given me an idea for a project being developed by several of us for next year.

More to come later.