M Museum
Last weekend, we just needed to get out for a couple of hours, so we headed for M Leuven a local museum. We last visited it not so long ago but there’s always something to see.
A couple of months ago, we decided to get a Museum Pass, which gives you access to a bunch of museums and exhibitions throughout the country. I will admit that I was never much of a museum person. My dislike for elitarian art, wannabe critics and expensive formality have ruined quiet a few of the museum experiences in my life. And when I pay good money for an individual museum visit, I feel obliged to visit every room, read every card and look at each item. I may have aged but my attention span is still that of a teenager, so after a while I simply have to get out or do something else. The Museum Pass helps a lot in this aspect because for most museums the entrance is free and I can just step in and out as I please.
Now, I just look at what I like, read what I want and stay however long or short feels right. And lately I’ve also come to enjoy the theater that is formed by the interaction between the space, the architecture, the curation, the art, the artist and the visitors. It’s always there, even when the content of a museum may not be my thing. It’s an interesting subject and as long as I have that and a camera, the risk of me shouting “bullshit” in a museum is relatively small.
Maybe there’s even a photography project in this, what do you think?