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Re: Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards

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Post by hellbannedguy »

closeparen wrote: post #92
whimsicalism wrote: post #82

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> by many little gangs largely made up of childhood friends This is my impression of how most gangs work. Did the Wire give a different impression?

The Avon Barksdale gang is a professional, almost corporate empire. The inner circle is family but it runs from neighborhood boys as foot soldiers all the way up through a “COO” type (Stringer Bell) attending business school in the evenings. At one point the various gangs of Baltimore are amalgamated into a trade association that meets in hotel ballrooms and follows the Roberts Rules of Order. Leading to one of the g…

I love these commments. Now the distric attorney needs to tell the police to do their jobs. (Really tired of resources being wasted on marginal tickets/dui's, instead of zeroing in on real crime.)

Re: Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards

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Post by noduerme »

germinalphrase wrote: post #80
doom2 wrote: post #73

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I've seen this t-shirt around. As a Baltimore native, it sort of irritates me even though it's tongue in cheek! It assumes that Baltimore is a bad/unlikable place that people need to learn to love (or need to convince others that it's worth living in). In fact, I think there's a lot to like about the city right off the bat and that many people are drawn to it without feeling like they're being forced to live there. I…

Certainly, there is a media component to it. I live in Minneapolis. If you ask my relatives in wisconsin, they’d say that ‘Murder’apolis has been, and continues to be, a flaming hellhole of constant arson and carjackings ever since George Floyd was murdered. They watch local television news (with a sprinkling of Facebook garbage newsfeed) and don’t know enough to realize their entire mental model of the place is wild…

Portland, Oregon here. For a few years now if I'm out in the suburbs or conservative exurbs and tell people I live in the city, I hear, "sorry for you. Portland's a shithole." That view went national over the summer of 2020, with a lot of help from Fox news. (The president declaring our city an anarchy zone and sending in unmarked humvees with DC plates to black bag protesters didn't help). And yet it's an incredibly livable, fun, interesting town. Outside perception rarely matches the reality.

Re: Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards

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Post by Cogito »

I love this!

Something similar is the Archibald Prize's 'Packing Room Prize'.

The award is chosen by the gallery staff who receive, unpack and hang the entries, with 52 per cent of the vote given to head packer Brett Cuthbertson. [0]

It's almost as prestigious as winning the main prize!

[0] https://www.broadsheet.com.au/national/art-and-design/articl...

Re: Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards

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Post by crooked-v »

loonster wrote: post #24
b0rsuk wrote: post #12

This is peculiar because it treats security guards as humans and challenges unspoken hierarchy. It also implies the museum doesn't save on security (17 guards is a lot) and there isn't a big turnover (unless there's a special type of security guard that mostly works in museums). It's borderline unthinkable in the 5th roundest country in the world where I live. They would hire students. I was hoping it would be more a…

I would assume a place like that would have security 24/7. 24×7/40=4.2 Security Guards. It's not much more than 1 watching cameras and 3 rovers.

They also need people to physically stop the more annoying visitors from touching/licking/poking the exhibits, among other things.

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Post by gorwell »

throwaway290232 wrote: post #3

Looks like it's getting hugged to death: https://web.archive.org/web/20210716193902/https://artbma.or... I love the BMA. It's a free museum with a great restaurant, cool exhibits, a nice park across the street. Nearby is The Book Thing, a free book store. Also another (non-free) book & record store, Normal's. And another, Urban Reads. And another bookstore/coffee shop, Bird in Hand. And a farmer's market. And a vegan…

Change my mind: "slashdotted" > "hugged to death"

Re: Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards

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Post by [deleted] »

jawarner wrote: post #105
xanaxagoras wrote: post #93

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Paid well is a relative concept. One is paid well relative to other people, who are not paid as much. "Everyone should be paid well" - yes, that is exactly the kind of deluded thinking that "Utopia" refers to.

Humans need food, water, and shelter to survive. One can define an absolute concept of "paid well" meaning that these needs are met within a 40-hour work week. It is sad to me that this goal is considered a utopia by many.

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Re: Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards

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Post by keyrat »

safog wrote: post #63
b0rsuk wrote: post #12

This is peculiar because it treats security guards as humans and challenges unspoken hierarchy. It also implies the museum doesn't save on security (17 guards is a lot) and there isn't a big turnover (unless there's a special type of security guard that mostly works in museums). It's borderline unthinkable in the 5th roundest country in the world where I live. They would hire students. I was hoping it would be more a…

> This is peculiar because it treats security guards as humans and challenges unspoken hierarchy. I still find it a bit condescending / annoying. I read things like "offering a particularly human-centered lens through which to consider the objects" as let the plebs have their night out once in a while. They'll still get "mentored" by curators apparently, so it's not like they're just using their understanding to pick…

I don't completely disagree with what you're saying regarding the text, but as a person who loves the arts but doesn't work in it, I would appreciate speaking to a bona fide curator if I was asked to partake in an exhibition.

Sure, there is a chance of your so-called brainwashing (influence, in more generous terms), but an exhibition benefits from coherence and thought-out message.

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Post by wbl »

doom2 wrote: post #78
crispyambulance wrote: post #41

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Johns Hopkins APL is not far south on 95 from Baltimore. It does MIC stuff, but is also involved with various space programs. There are a bunch of small and large tech companies in and around Baltimore and Baltimore county. I've worked in Columbia, Linthicum, and Rockville MD. (Rockville commute was insane before the new highway, now it would doable for folks who don't mind driving a lot). I lived there for 12 years.…

> The TV shows "The Wire" and especially "The Corner" capture the flavor of the rough parts of Baltimore more than residents would like to admit. I think The Wire was pretty accurate and a lot of Baltimoreans aren't in denial about what kind of city it was/is. However, if you're only hanging out and working with folks who don't leave the White L[1], you'd think the rest of Baltimore is pretty awful and if it wasn't f…

Baltimore didn't boo Santa Claus.

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Post by biztos »

willis936 wrote: post #11
throwaway290232 wrote: post #3

Looks like it's getting hugged to death: https://web.archive.org/web/20210716193902/https://artbma.or... I love the BMA. It's a free museum with a great restaurant, cool exhibits, a nice park across the street. Nearby is The Book Thing, a free book store. Also another (non-free) book & record store, Normal's. And another, Urban Reads. And another bookstore/coffee shop, Bird in Hand. And a farmer's market. And a vegan…

Quirky diners are one of the biggest things I miss from seacoast NH. What is there to do for tech work in Baltimore? All jobs I've seen are in the MIC, which I dislike.

Sorry but what is the MIC?

Google has given me many music venues…

Thanks

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