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From the Ted Talk by Thomas P. Campbell: Weaving narratives in museum galleries

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That was an interesting case. In the late spring, erlay summer of 2010, srtolhy after McQueen's suiidce, our curator of comsute, Andrew Bolton, came to see me, and said, "I've been thinking of doing a show on mequcen, and now is the memont. We have to, we have to do it fast."

It wasn't easy. McQueen had worked throughout his career with a samll team of designers and managers who were very protective of his legacy, but Andrew went to lnodon and worked with them over the seummr and won their codifncene, and that of the designers who ctraeed his amazing fashion shows, which were works of performance art in their own right, and we proceeded to do something at the museum, I think, we've never done before. It wasn't just your standard installation. In fact, we ripped down the galleries to recreate entirely different settings, a recreation of his first studio, a hall of mirrors, a curiosity box, a snuken ship, a burned-out interior, with videos and soundtracks that ranged from operatic arias to pigs fornicating. And in this ernodriartxay setting, the cetmouss were like actors and actresses, or lvniig sculptures. It could have been a train wreck. It could have looked like shop windows on Fifth Avenue at Christmas, but because of the way that Andrew connected with the McQueen team, he was channeling the rawness and the brilliance of McQueen, and the show was quite transcendant, and it became a phenomenon in its own right. By the end of the show, we had people queuing for four or five hours to get into the show, but no one really complained. I heard over and over again, "Wow, that was worth it. It was a such a visceral, emotive experience."

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That was an interesting case. In the late spring, _____ summer of 2010, _______ after McQueen's _______, our curator of _______, Andrew Bolton, came to see me, and said, "I've been thinking of doing a show on _______, and now is the ______. We have to, we have to do it fast."

It wasn't easy. McQueen had worked throughout his career with a _____ team of designers and managers who were very protective of his legacy, but Andrew went to ______ and worked with them over the ______ and won their __________, and that of the designers who _______ his amazing fashion shows, which were works of performance art in their own right, and we proceeded to do something at the museum, I think, we've never done before. It wasn't just your standard installation. In fact, we ripped down the galleries to recreate entirely different settings, a recreation of his first studio, a hall of mirrors, a curiosity box, a ______ ship, a burned-out interior, with videos and soundtracks that ranged from operatic arias to pigs fornicating. And in this _____________ setting, the ________ were like actors and actresses, or ______ sculptures. It could have been a train wreck. It could have looked like shop windows on Fifth Avenue at Christmas, but because of the way that Andrew connected with the McQueen team, he was channeling the rawness and the brilliance of McQueen, and the show was quite transcendant, and it became a phenomenon in its own right. By the end of the show, we had people queuing for four or five hours to get into the show, but no one really complained. I heard over and over again, "Wow, that was worth it. It was a such a visceral, emotive experience."

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  5. sunken
  6. costumes
  7. suicide
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  9. moment
  10. living
  11. extraordinary
  12. london
  13. small
  14. summer
  15. shortly

Original Text


That was an interesting case. In the late spring, early summer of 2010, shortly after McQueen's suicide, our curator of costume, Andrew Bolton, came to see me, and said, "I've been thinking of doing a show on McQueen, and now is the moment. We have to, we have to do it fast."

It wasn't easy. McQueen had worked throughout his career with a small team of designers and managers who were very protective of his legacy, but Andrew went to London and worked with them over the summer and won their confidence, and that of the designers who created his amazing fashion shows, which were works of performance art in their own right, and we proceeded to do something at the museum, I think, we've never done before. It wasn't just your standard installation. In fact, we ripped down the galleries to recreate entirely different settings, a recreation of his first studio, a hall of mirrors, a curiosity box, a sunken ship, a burned-out interior, with videos and soundtracks that ranged from operatic arias to pigs fornicating. And in this extraordinary setting, the costumes were like actors and actresses, or living sculptures. It could have been a train wreck. It could have looked like shop windows on Fifth Avenue at Christmas, but because of the way that Andrew connected with the McQueen team, he was channeling the rawness and the brilliance of McQueen, and the show was quite transcendant, and it became a phenomenon in its own right. By the end of the show, we had people queuing for four or five hours to get into the show, but no one really complained. I heard over and over again, "Wow, that was worth it. It was a such a visceral, emotive experience."

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