At the intersection of James St and Central Ave is a building with a stone engraving reading “Kansas City Railways Company”. On the sidewalk in front of the building rests this massive cast iron object. This intersection is on the Kansas side of the state line, but is still part
Over a hundred years ago, the building next door to my practice was a saloon, sitting directly next to the state line between Kansas (a dry state) and Missouri. 9th Street was famous as ‘The Wettest Block in the World’, with 24 saloons side by side at the intersection of
I am the Curator. If that is sufficient, you need not continue. A curator is in the museum but not of it. I write this not so much to tell you the biographical details, but to relay what is important to my role and why I embarked upon this project.
Subject: The Necessity of the Museum The Protocol of Memory In the world of deathcare, we speak often of "final arrangements." We focus on the chemistry of transition, the geometry of the urn, and the quiet logistics of the wake. But as a practitioner, I occupy the space