Museum Project

So since I'm kind of ashamed over my last couple artist posts, I'll end with something I'm not ashamed of: our last big project!

Assigned to create a museum exhibit, my group decided to create an exhibit on the court case for the Big Bad Wolf. Though we originally were going to set the case in "fairy tale land," eventually we decided to concoct a story about a real-life serial killer who inspired the three fairy tales.

Here's our project proposal:

Installation Proposal for Anne-Marie Kottenstette, Jordan Munroe, Cory McCormick, and Kate Huebschmann

Concept

In our culture, the Big Bad Wolf is instantly recognized as an embodiment of evil, but that recognition indicates more about us than we would originally think about. This piece will depict the way in which a sense of law and justice is instilled in us from an early age. Fairy tales act as ways of providing a moral foundation for society by shaping children’s ideas of what is right and what is wrong. By taking what originally belongs in the realm of childhood and transferring it into a setting that is generally associated with adults, the piece provides a visual link between our upbringings and our cultural morality.

Elements to Include

This piece will depict a historical record of the trial of the Big Bad Wolf. Group members will create evidence or historical documentation such as crime scene photos, physical evidence (remnants of Grandma’s nightgown, debris from the Three Little Pigs’ homes, etc.), court drawings, testimonies and portraits of victims or witnesses, headlines from newspapers, or anything else we decide to include.

The piece will reference the following fairy tales:

·         Red Riding Hood

·         Three Little Pigs

·         Peter and the Wolf

·         Boy Who Cried Wolf

Installation

All evidence, court drawings, and documentation will be located in one vitrine. Our artists’ statement will appear as the court case’s opening statement on the vitrine’s left side. The court case will be presented left to right with the final verdict appearing at the far right. Evidence from each fairy tale will be presented in order of “occurrence” with all physical evidence being displayed at the front of the case and all drawings and photographs mounted along the back of the case.

Possible Items Needed

·         Paper

·         Camera

·         Tags

·         Dirt

·         Basket w/flowers

·         Red fabric/cape

·         Hay/sticks/bricks

·         Cloth/clothing

·         Wallpaper with red paint

·         Feathers

·         Wool

My group was awesome. Jordan gathered physical evidence and destroyed grandma's nightgown. Ammie altered photos and designed/printed/transfered the newspaper template. Cory drew portraits and court drawings, and I composed newspaper articles, our introduction, and our concluding statements as well as printed and cut out all the tags for the exhibit. I think things came together pretty nicely!