According to sociologists, such as Anthony Giddens and others, modernity is characterized by its reflexivity. Here is a self-reflexive museum for you: the Cité de Sciences in Parc de la Villette, Paris, reflecting itself in the silver dome of its own IMAX movie theatre. To be honest, I was a bit underwhelmed by the science centre – but the park was nice

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Vaserely was born in Hungary, but lived most of his life in France, so it’s not surprising that his museum is to be found in Aix-en-Provence. Even if you’re not into op-art – which I’m not particularly – the building and the artwork form a fascinating gesamtkunstwerk. I like this particular picture, because of the relation of the persons to the strict geometry of the building – and because of their relation to me, since they happen to be my family

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This is the sort of museum, which most museum professionals scorn. What you see in the picture are probably the only real objects in the Museum of the partisans in Dongo, Italy – the rest are faded photo copies. The texts are in Italian only, and there is dust in every corner. By its subject, this modest little museum, however, is as important as any national gallery. It’s about the actual place where Mussolini was caught, sentenced and executed by partisans – thus finally ending the despicable era of Italian fascism. In a world where neo-fascists can become respectable members of government, we should not criticise those, who strive to keep the public memory of these important events alive, for not doing it well enough. Let’s criticise the Italian state and museum professionals for neglecting their effort.

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What’s in a life? Well, medicine, for instance. Like in this fascinating installation by Pharmacopoeia in British Museum. It shows the number of pills, swallowed through lifetime, by too different persons – supplemented by pictures, letters and other reminiscences of their lives. A moving and thought-provoking cross-over between art and ethnography.

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Gazing through a replica of one of Tycho Brahes instruments on the island of Ven. The Tycho Brahe museum is not necessarily exceptional, but it’s nice and easy going – like the rest of this small island, which is sort of a condensed version of any tourist’s dream of the Swedish countryside. Take the ferry for a daytrip around midsummer – but watch out for the yellow bikes.

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This woman is without doubt the most iconic of all museum objects. Ever. Period. We all know her from innumerable reproductions.
Maybe that’s why we feel such an urge to make our own, personal reproduction, when we get close to her in real life? I reproduce, therefore I exist….
I made my reproduction at the Louvre, Paris.

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Kan i høj grad anbefales. Det samme kan Riviera Apartments ferielejligheder.

Her er et par billeder – flere kan ses på Flickr eller i albummet

Nu er jeg snart alvorligt træt af vinter, kulde og mørke. Som en lille reminder om, hvordan foråret egentlig ser ud, fandt jeg et gammelt foto fra haven, og valgte det som mit nye PC-tapet. Det hjalp en smule på humøret. Har du også brug for en daglig hilsen fra lysere tider, kan du hente billedet i 1920×1200 pixels her.

Coolscanneren kan forvandle et 34×36 dias eller negativ til en 12 MP fil. Efter nogle få test er jeg umiddelbart imponeret af resultatet, både hvad angår dynamik, skarphed og farver. Den har også noget indbygget støv- og ridsefjerner fitlihut – jeg ved ikke helt hvordan det virker, men det gør det tilsyneladende. Der er sikkert mange muligheder for at fintune kvaliteten, når en gang jeg får sat mig ind i scanner-softwaren. Den ligner godt nok noget der er 10 år gammel. Det er den så nok også – men den fungerer.

På negativsiden tæller, at monterede dias kun kan scannes én af gangen – og det ta’r sin tid. Mens scanneren kører lyder den i øvrigt som noget Georg Gearløs har konstrueret.

Lige nu er jeg faktisk stærkt fristet til at starte fra en ende af, og få scannet alle mine gamle dias. Det kan vel ikke ta’ mere end et par måneder…

Speakers Corner, London, 1978.
Scannet fra dias, efterbehandlet og konverteret
til sort/hvid i Photoshop

I august 2010 var jeg i Tampere, Finland, som deltager i konferencen ”Reusing the industrial past”.
Tampere er bestemt et besøg værd, med sin imponerende, industrielle kulturarv, en række fine museer og meget smukke omgivelser.

Flere billeder fra Tampere kan ses i Albummet eller på Flickr