Museum of Jurassic Technology

This weekend I had the great honor and uttermost pleasure to present Labyrinthitis at nothing less than the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, California. A travel grant was kindly supported by the Danish Arts Council.

This museum is undoubtedly the most interesting and inspiring 'museum' I have ever experienced. It is like a 17th century idea of the so-called Wunderkammer. A cabinet of curiosities, mysteries, superstition and alchemic inventions. Possible distinctions between the natural history world or the art world blur wonderfully when finding oneself immersed into it's artifacts, installations, stories and early mechanical objects.
What I found especially amazing was their permanent exhibition on Athanasius Kircher. Kircher has already been of great inspiration to my works since I was introduced to him by my previous professor Siegfried Zielinski (at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne Germany).

I presented Labyrinthitis two times on Saturday evening. The beautiful Tula Tea Room inside the labyrinth-like green house of the museum was packed with interested people from around the Los Angeles area who had come to let their ears be heard.
After each performance many questions were asked and it brought up many interesting discussions about active hearing, interactivity, paradoxes and physical proportions of sound. Many candle lights were lid. Tea and cookies were being served. It was hot.

I spent 4 days living at the museum among some the most wonderful people who created this place. I could speak forever about this museum. But instead I will recommend you to visit it. If you are far from LA you might want to visit their website www.mjt.org

Here are a couple of photos I shot during my visit. (The Tula Tea Room, some of Athanasius Kircher's inventions (The Magnetic Oracle, Mundus Suberraneus, The Propagation Horn and Why the Tower Could Not Reach the Moon) and from the exhibition Garden of Eden on Wheels.