PERFORMANCE
FURIOUSLY MAD
trae
here is my idea that im working on
this is a letter to my friends
Dear friend,
Fancy helping me out with my next exhibition?
If interested read on…….
People’s history museum march 2014
Furiously Mad!
Once upon a time (around 1494) it was believed that if you suffered from FOLLY (madness) the only way to cure it was to undergo major surgery, to remove a stone that was causing your symptoms. This stone was situated in your head! These stones were called Folly Stones. There is a famous painting by Hieronymus Bosch of this act that inspired me for my exhibition piece (you can search cutting the stone on wiki if your interested)
I will be exhibiting Folly stones that my friends have collected displaying them in a glass cabinet like one you might find in a museum. The viewer will not know they are modern pretend folly stones as I will be, alongside the cabinet, pretending to be a employee of the museum telling the histories of the stones and their owners. The plan is to convince people that your stones are real! This is the part where you come in.
Take a walk. Find a stone (your Stone of Folly) remember it should be small enough to fit into your head and not too big as you are going to have to post it! I would like you to make up a character that the stone belonged to (I will attach a Q&A sheet for you to fill in to make it easy) remember it’s the 1400’s.
Are you in? Will you help me weave lies and perform them?
Love
Traë xxxx
