JORDAN CASTEEL
Studio Museum in Harlem
“What’s up Painter”–Jordan living and working in Harlem, paints her community. So they know her, and talk to her when they see her on the street.

Kite man: Jordan saw him from the window, went out and made his acquaintance, then saw him at Penn station “you’re Kevin” , hug

Coloring book: “color”

Read: The Rise, Sarah Lewis

Jordan has a critical dialogue partner (Isolde Brittemeyer), helps her strategize

ON agnes: “My mom walked me into the doors of Agnes and said: Your faculty and advisors are great, but the people who you need to get to know are the people who cook your food and clean your halls. The people dedicated to this place with their sweat and tears.”

“Ms. Betty would cook me Sunday dinners and invite me to her house”

difference between working toward the goal (ambition) and being authentic and open

New York by hand: do not exit through the gift shop. Slow NY.
no photos–drawing
maps–not phones
slow tripping, slow travel
C O N N E C T

slow looking: slow food/local
wpa posters, propaganda

HILARY
Natural History Museum

artifact heavy, but it’s about the STORY. The show on gems has no specimen. What’s a museum without objects?

No object, but quality of science. Sound bleeds, light filters, fiber — off the roll top roll of plywood

live demonstrations in My Body. Engaging actor with white coat. “she’s a ham”

graphic design/media design/interactive design

installation: 60 staff; 200 scientists, 60 curators!

What is an object? Legitimacy for telling the story. a vehicle.

must see: museum of north american animals: live things lose their value once taxidermed. “study skin”

curator–object–building

dinasaur bones are hollow so fossils collapse, look like mud

Transgender documentary: “explainers”; almost like special messengers