Tue, 07 Mar 2006
Weekend wrap up...a day late.
The
Edvard
Munch exhibit at MoMA is excellent. Strangely enough, they don't allow
any cellular phones to be visible in the gallery. I discovered
this as I tried to type some text notes about the pieces on my new Palm Treo.
The usher told me it wasn't allowed and I showed him my text. He wouldn't
budge. Strange, considering most of the works in the exhibit were over 100
years old. It reminded me of a piece by Cory Doctorow in Make 05 where he
argues that photography of master works of art should be part of our world
heritage and not put under this strange kind of copyright control. There is a
discussion of the article
online but you'll have to subscribe to the magazine to read it.
On the ride to MoMA, I decided to take 1st ave uptown instead of the Queensboro
or east side bike path. It was exceptionally fast. It reminded me of
an article
I read by John Forester.
And then on to
Union
Pool to relax. If you haven't been there, it's great in
the winter because there's a fire pit in the back yard.
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