[NetBehaviour] Fwd: Invitation to celebrate the opening of the Museum of Contemporary Commodities, Exeter, Wednesday 4 May @ 6pm

[ruth catlow]

I'm on my way to the opening event of Museum of Contemporary Commodities 
in Exeter (by Paula Crutchlow and Ian Cook).

Looking forward to seeing the newly commissioned work by Autonomous Tech 
Fetishists and Louise Ashcroft.

Any other NBers in the South West of UK?

Cheers!
Ruth


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Subject: 	Invitation to celebrate the opening of the Museum of 
Contemporary Commodities, Exeter, Wednesday 4 May @ 6pm
Date: 	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:11:59 +0000
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*In this museum we are all the curators!*


Next Wednesday, the Museum of Contemporary Commodities shop-gallery 
opens on Exeter's High Street. Paula Crutchlow and I would like to 
invite you to celebrate this fact by joining us for drinks and nibbles 
of as yet unknown provenance.


*Location: *87 Fore Street, Exeter EX46RT

*Time:* 6-7pm, followed by a showing of /Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story 
/at the Exeter Phoenix (tickets here 
<http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/just-eat-it-a-food-waste-story/>)


*What is the Museum of Contemporary Commodities (MoCC)?*

MoCC is neither a building nor a permanent collection of stuff – it’s an 
invitation. To consider every shop, online store and warehouse as if it 
were a museum, and all the things in them part of our collective future 
heritage. You can find out more about it atwww.moccguide.net 
<http://blindditch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=303c84abb72df80825136d0c3&id=8ff45e1345&e=4e97f26773>


*What is MoCC doing in Exeter?*

 From 4th to 21st May, we're running a series of lively, and 
entertaining digital hacktivist and drop-in activities, artist workshops 
and film screenings in our shop-gallery and at partner venues in Exeter 
city centre. More details and bookings HERE 
<http://blindditch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=303c84abb72df80825136d0c3&id=a24f0e0668&e=4e97f26773>


*We are all the curators?*

You can browse and re-value our online collection or add your own 
commodity to the museum at www.moccguide.net 
<http://blindditch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=303c84abb72df80825136d0c3&id=b5174da093&e=4e97f26773> 
The MoCC online collection is a way of sharing your thoughts on the 
things we buy and sell that are important to you - an attempt to 
re-value commodity cultures through building our own community of curators.

Help us create a collection that speaks about current conditions 
of trade, exchange and valuing by telling us about the things you buy 
(or not) and why they should be in a museum. This doesn't have to be 
something you love or are proud of, museums are places of learning so 
maybe it's something you think it's important for people to know or 
think about for other reasons.

After you've added your commodity you can contribute further to our 
research on contemporary commodity culture by giving us feedback on the 
experience. Fill in a survey 
<http://blindditch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=303c84abb72df80825136d0c3&id=fd22b9b2e3&e=4e97f26773> 
to tell us more about how you felt about it. We are still developing the 
online database so please email us <mailto:info at moccguide.net> if you 
encountered any issues or challenges as.


*About MoCC*

MoCC was co-founded by Paula Crutchlow at Blind Ditch 
<http://blindditch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=303c84abb72df80825136d0c3&id=e62f68da6d&e=4e97f26773>& 
me at followthethings.com 
<http://blindditch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=303c84abb72df80825136d0c3&id=8cacbfdead&e=4e97f26773>. 
It is being developed in partnership with Furtherfield, 
<http://blindditch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=303c84abb72df80825136d0c3&id=534bf09d1a&e=4e97f26773>in 
collaboration with technologist Gareth Foote 
<http://blindditch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=303c84abb72df80825136d0c3&id=7d6787645c&e=4e97f26773> and 
a growing group of artists, academics, students and members of the 
public - including all of you!


Paula and I would love to see you on Wednesday or later in May. Our 
shop-gallery will be open Wednesday to Saturday from 10-6 between 4th 
and 21st May.


Ian Cook

Associate Professor of Geography, University of Exeter
profile page 
<https://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Ian_Cook>

Co-founder of the Museum of Contemporary Commodities
website <http://www.moccguide.net/> | film <https://vimeo.com/145500142>

Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Commodities early 1980s sickbag 
collection
Collection page <http://collection.moccguide.net/commodity/sickbags/>


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