The Museum of Modern Life

The Museum of Modern Life was part museum, part time capsule and part artwork. Responding to my degree show piece that asked people what they thought the role of art is, I found that most people thought art has to be aesthetic and meaningful/useful. One more interesting argument was that every artwork is simply a historical document - a response to the society and social background of the era it was created in. With these in minds, I created a museum of modern life, detailing aspects of politics, conflict, the environment, global issues and our lifestyle. The museum was mounted on castors and aside from being exhibited in the graduate Free Range exhibition in the Truman Brewery, I also wheeled it and showed it around public areas of London.