FWD: MUSEUMS: “Redacted” (2023), Edited by Therese Quinn & Miguel Limon: “Redacted” (Alternate Cover)

Museology / Museum Studies
Written By Michael Workman

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A notable absence, a muting, making invisible. Redaction extends beyond the simple black squares as incomplete redactions – stamps marked with ‘deleted’ covering the text– white squares, and handmade notations. 

Each black square signifies absence. It serves as a reminder for enforced forgetfulness. Uncovering the secret behind the mask and discovering the text underneath seems like a daring task, but is the redacted information really gone? 

What is visible in cultural spaces, and what is invisible? In attempts to appeal to the public, what is redacted? 

We accept any theme that explores the theme of CENSORSHIP. Potential topics include: 

Relationship between ethics and empathy 

    flexibility of ethics 

    meaning-making

Cultural taboos and disgust 

Repatriation in cultural institutions

Memorialization (death and mourning)

Right to privacy, what is private (public vs. private spheres)

Invisible labor 

    preparatory

    unpaid co-curation

    interns

Salary transparency 

Invisible illness/disability and accessibility

Underrepresented narratives and communities 

Houselessness

Queer and Trans, 

Political radicals

Regulated behaviors in cultural institutions

Tainted Funding and/or Donors

Destruction of material culture/art (intentional) 

Politics/news; muted movements 

Gatekeeping

Body-mind politics + a(sexuality)

Michael Workman

Michael Workman is a choreographer, language, visual and movement artist, dance and performance artist, writer, reporter, and sociocultural critic. In addition to his work at the Chicago Tribune, Guardian US, Newcity magazine, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio and elsewhere, Workman is also Director of Bridge, an artistic collective and 501 (c) (3) publishing and programming organization (bridge-chicago.org). His choreographic writing has been included in Propositional Attitudes, an "anthology of recent performance scores, directions and instructions" published by Golden Spike Press, and his Perfect Worlds: Artistic Forms & Social Imaginaries Vol. 1, the first in a 3-volume series, was released by StepSister Press in October 2018 with a day-long program of performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Most recently, two of his scores were accepted for publication in a special edition of the Notre Dame Review focusing on the work of participants in the &NOW Festival of Innovative Writing.

https://michaelworkmanstudio.com
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