Image: Sameer Farooq, BOOP Museum, installed in the main galleries of the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, 2019. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
BOOP Museum on CBC Arts - Leah Collins, June 6, 2019
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BOOP Museum
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BOOP Museum LootingChildren between the ages of 4 - 10 are invited to loot BOOP Museum. BOOP Museum is a fictional museum filled with dolls of various shapes, sizes and colours purpose-built to be accessible to children. Artist Sameer Farooq created the museum as a participatory space that provokes us to think about how our relationships with objects change as they transition out of the museum space. In order to do this, we need the help of our local children.
On the last day of the exhibition, children are invited to the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington to loot the museum space created by Farooq. The act of looting has a long history intertwined with traditional museums that acquired objects that were looted from various imperialized regions around the world. In releasing the objects back into the community, Sameer Farooq offers new life to the dolls as a gift and restores the significance of the objects to the children who acquire them. Looting Rules In order to qualify as a looter, you must be a child between the ages of 4 - 10 years old, who is willing to plunder our museum. The looting will start at 4:00 pm sharp. Sign up your child to loot! Please note: This event will be recorded by the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington. We will have both a videographer and photographer on site. Upon arrival, please inform a member of staff if you wish not to be photographed/videoed. Media release forms will be available from our office on the day. |
Click on the image to read the BOOP Museum catalogue
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BiographySameer Farooq is a Canadian artist of Pakistani and Ugandan Indian descent. With exhibitions at institutions around the world including the Aga Khan Museum (Toronto), the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), The British Library (London), the Institute of Islamic Culture (Paris), The Lilley Museum (Reno), Vicki Myhren Gallery (Denver), the Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver), Maquis Projects, (Izmir), Trankat (Tétouan, Morocco), Sol Koffler Gallery (Providence), Artellewa (Cairo), and Sanat Limani (Istanbul), Farooq received several awards from The Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, and the Europe Media Fund, as well the President’s Scholarship at the Rhode Island School of Design. Reviews and essays dedicated to his work have been included in Canadian Art, Hyperallergic, C Magazine, The Washington Post, BBC Culture, Artnet, The Huffington Post, Border Crossings, and others. He also appeared on the 2018 Sobey Art Award long list, Canada’s preeminent art award.
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