"What man makes, makes man"* - para a Rita

"Are a vacuum cleaner and the Mona Lisa of equal importance to society? Both objects are almost equally famous, but a lot more people use vacuums than visit the Louvre. And vacuums changed the way we live, allowing us to install wall-to-wall carpeting and made cleaning up Kitty Litter a breeze. Thus, Thinkism suggests the design of the vacuum has impacted the culture as much as the art in the world finest museums"

Ainda que comparar a Mona Lisa a um aspirador possa ser no mínimo controverso (!), esse 'e o espírito do Thinkism: um movimento cultural do final do século 20, inicio do século 21 que pretende provocar a compreensão dos objectos como expressões das ideias, preocupações e aspirações do homem.

Lentamente vou-me deixando surpreender por esta Miami tão... eclética. Tenho visita marcada ao museu para o próximo fim-de-semana! Aqui

*Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Wolfsonian Founder....In other words, by examining the products, propaganda, and artwork that people have created over the years - and thinking about them - we can begin to understand objects as human ideas, concerns, and aspirations and start to understand why the world looks the way it does