Where I Am This Weekend
(The chapel of the Foundling Hospital
as drawn by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin
for Ackermann's Microcosm of London (1808-11))
I'm In London.* And why? Because this is the beginning of another wonderful 26** project, this time at the Foundling Museum, called "26 Pairs of Eyes: Looking at the Overlooked". Writers will be randomly paired with objects chosen from the Museum by the staff, and asked to write a 62 word response. There'll be a launch and display at the Museum later in the year.
And what will my object be? I'll let you know ...
* You need to remember that's a BIG deal for me!
** I can't put a link to their website because it's offline being updated at the moment, but you'll have heard me rabbitting on about their excellence plenty of times before.
posted by Joan Lennon @ 12:30 AM
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3 Comments:
The Foundling Hospital is a wonderful and very moving space, and London is always a big deal! Enjoy and take lots of pictures, please.
Foundling ... now there's a word you don't hear used very often - thank heavens. There is something very emotive about the word, isn't there? Enjoy London and looking forward to seeing what you produce!
Its original title was "The Hospital for the Education and Maintenance of Exposed and Deserted Young Children" - at least "Foundling" has the word "found" in it - but it's all painful, isn't it.
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