Collection Rotation: Chuck Mobley Posted on April 20, 2009 by Suzanne
[Our regular feature, "Collection Rotation". A local guest organizes a mini-exhibition from our collections pages online. Today's guest is CHUCK MOBLEY, curator at San Francisco Camerawork, right next door. Almost all the musical guests have local connections to SF. Pictures link back to collection pages. Thanks Chuck!]
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An imaginary studio apartment in The Tenderloin in two inadequate descriptive systems
The SFMOMA collections website interface is like a store, but better. It’s like a thrift store where you never know what you’ll find. Surprise makes shopping fun! This is partly why if I ever have to shop I shop at Goodwill or online. So, basically I just went shopping for my apartment in the Tenderloin by looking up items tagged “functional,” though I did pick some inessentials as well, mostly for inspiration. In these inflationary times it’s better to just imagine shopping than to actually shop. I only chose very practical things because I’m a very pragmatic person. Also, since my neighborhood has not been gentrified, I tried not to be too conspicuous in my imagined consumption. I chose stuff that doesn’t look like it’s worth much or that I can hide in my pocket easily.
As for the song pairings, I’d like to think they’re self-evident so I won’t go into that. However, I’ve included links for each band in case anyone is interested. |
| Tom Sachs, Knoll Loveseat and End Table, 1996 |
| Reading Rosalind Krauss, by The Size Queens, Our Literal Speed |
I like the way Tom Sachs thinks. I returned home from work the other day to find a gigantic phone book outside my door and I thought to myself with some disgust: “Who uses these anymore?” This artist clearly knows it’s good to recycle useless stuff! Plus it’s better to have knock-offs than the real thing: if there’s a fire or some kind of catastrophe you wouldn’t feel terrible about this burning up because you could just make a new one.
The Size Queens’ songs are all part of the Our Literal Speed soundtrack. See also: myspace.com/thesizequeensband
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