CBS visits the Museum of Broken Relationships in Los Angeles, where mementos of jilted lovers, shattered romances and broken marriages are on display.
Self-study activity:
Watch the video and answer the questions below.
1. How many objects are there in the museum?
2. What happened to the reporter at college?
3. What is there in the pickle jar?
4. How did L.A. attorney John Quinn get the idea for the museum?
5. How much is the entrance ticket?
6. How does Alexis Hyde, the museum's director, find beauty in a breakup?
In Hollywood, heartbreak has always been easy to find. And now, it has an address: It’s the museum of broken relationships. Think of it as emotion under glass: a hundred or so ordinary objects that mean absolutely nothing to you and me, and everything to the people who gave them up.
There’s the blue silk blouse a woman wore the day her husband left her ... the wedding cake toppers someone kept after their marriage fizzled ... a dried-out prom corsage from a long-lost love ... the butterfly wings a guy made for his fiancé’s Halloween costume before she cheated on him and fluttered away.
Okay, I don't know about you, but when I was spectacularly dumped by my college boyfriend, the last thing I wanted to do was to save a little something to remember that moment by. But a lot of people do. Like this woman who was divorced but couldn't bear to throw away her silk floral wedding dress, so she kept it and crammed it in a pickle jar.
The man behind all this is L.A. attorney John Quinn, who discovered the original museum in Zagreb, Croatia, a little over a year ago, a place with its own collection of relationship rubble.
We all came out of it thinking, that was extraordinary, very thought-provoking, very moving in a way. And I thought more people should see this.
And now they can, at eighteen dollars a head. Love notes, big, small and very small. The cheerleader outfit one woman bought because her ex was a Nebraska fan ... and the silicone implants another had removed after she dumped the guy who talked her into getting them. It can all be a little sad, but the people we met seemed to be taking it remarkably well.
It's amazing, I love it. It's wonderfully cathartic to see people shedding the memories of their breakup and moving on and letting go and allowing other people to share in what happened.
Have you had a broken heart?
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
Alexis Hyde is the museum's director.
So, bottom line, can you find beauty in a breakup?
I think so. Hopefully, you know, you can look back and think fondly and know that even if it didn't work out, it contributed to who you are today. And we're all failing together and we're all trying to get back up together. And that, I think, is very beautiful.
We were just reading one that might be one of his ex-girlfriends!
This is a little embarrassing, because I've seen three things so far that describe my last three relationships to a tee.
That's a pretty common reaction: the museum already has enough material to change the displays every few months. But, like love itself, there's always room for more.
So this is very weird for us, 'cause we hope we don't end up in here, so…
But we easily could.
Really?
Key:
1 a hundred
2 she was dumped by her boyfriend
3 a wedding dress
4 he visited the original museum in Zagreb, Croatia
5 $18 per person
6 it contributed to who you are today
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jueves, 2 de marzo de 2017
jueves, 22 de septiembre de 2016
Gori, birthplace of Stalin
Hugh Bonneville and Jessica Hynes find themselves travelling to Gori (Georgia), Stalin's birthplace.
Self-study activity:
Watch the video and answer the questions below.
1 What does Hugh say about the road?
2 What does Hugh want to see in Gori?
3 What is the message in the inscription Jessica reads?
4 What is the surprising thing you can see in the shower?
5 Why is Hugh concerned when he leaves the museums?
6 What did the minister of culture write about the museum?
7 Who wrote the message in the visitors' book Hugh reads out?
I don't want to tempt fate, but this is a remarkably good road.
You've blown it now, Hugh.
They're driving to a small town called Gori whose place in history relies solely on the fact that it's the birthplace of communist dictator Joseph Stalin.
So, Gori, where we're going to, Stalin's birthplace, there's a museum. I'd be interested to see how honest an account or how much of the rest of the world's view of Stalin is included in the museum in his birthplace.
A huge memorial has been built around the house where Stalin was born and several surrounding blocks flattened to make way for the museum dedicated to Gori's favourite son.
So, this is Stalin's house, literally kind of sitting on its own in the middle of nowhere. There's something really exciting about coming somewhere like this. It's such living history, and imagining Stalin as a little boy looking at exactly this, all the notches on the wood. Wonder if there's any initials.
JV was here.
You can go inside.
It's incredible to think of him sort of sitting at that table and kind of... living here.
So, this carriage used to belong to the Tsar and was appropriated by Stalin. There's even a bar for the shower. There was a meeting of the Allied commanders of Stalin and Churchill and Roosevelt on a train. I wonder if it was this one. You definitely feel ghosts in here, you do, when you consider what Stalin meant for millions and millions of people.
Hugh searches the museum for some answers. But comes away more concerned about its omissions.
I think my thoughts about this place are solidifying. I feel quite angry now. There's a statement downstairs from the minister of culture, I guess it is, saying that this museum is being left as it was, as part of an objective history of his life and his birthplace. It's not. This is a shrine to Stalin really, I feel, and I don't think I could put it any better than… This is the visitors' book I've been looking at and there's a couple from New York who wrote this:
How can you expect the world to support you in your just struggle against the Russians if you have no courage to judge Stalin and his crimes against humanity?
Yeah, that's pretty much it.
Key:
1 it's remarkably good
2 a museum
3 JV was here
4 a bar
5 because of its omissions
6 it is an objective history of Stalin's life and his birthplace
7 a couple from New York
Self-study activity:
Watch the video and answer the questions below.
1 What does Hugh say about the road?
2 What does Hugh want to see in Gori?
3 What is the message in the inscription Jessica reads?
4 What is the surprising thing you can see in the shower?
5 Why is Hugh concerned when he leaves the museums?
6 What did the minister of culture write about the museum?
7 Who wrote the message in the visitors' book Hugh reads out?
I don't want to tempt fate, but this is a remarkably good road.
You've blown it now, Hugh.
They're driving to a small town called Gori whose place in history relies solely on the fact that it's the birthplace of communist dictator Joseph Stalin.
So, Gori, where we're going to, Stalin's birthplace, there's a museum. I'd be interested to see how honest an account or how much of the rest of the world's view of Stalin is included in the museum in his birthplace.
A huge memorial has been built around the house where Stalin was born and several surrounding blocks flattened to make way for the museum dedicated to Gori's favourite son.
So, this is Stalin's house, literally kind of sitting on its own in the middle of nowhere. There's something really exciting about coming somewhere like this. It's such living history, and imagining Stalin as a little boy looking at exactly this, all the notches on the wood. Wonder if there's any initials.
JV was here.
You can go inside.
It's incredible to think of him sort of sitting at that table and kind of... living here.
So, this carriage used to belong to the Tsar and was appropriated by Stalin. There's even a bar for the shower. There was a meeting of the Allied commanders of Stalin and Churchill and Roosevelt on a train. I wonder if it was this one. You definitely feel ghosts in here, you do, when you consider what Stalin meant for millions and millions of people.
Hugh searches the museum for some answers. But comes away more concerned about its omissions.
I think my thoughts about this place are solidifying. I feel quite angry now. There's a statement downstairs from the minister of culture, I guess it is, saying that this museum is being left as it was, as part of an objective history of his life and his birthplace. It's not. This is a shrine to Stalin really, I feel, and I don't think I could put it any better than… This is the visitors' book I've been looking at and there's a couple from New York who wrote this:
How can you expect the world to support you in your just struggle against the Russians if you have no courage to judge Stalin and his crimes against humanity?
Yeah, that's pretty much it.
Key:
1 it's remarkably good
2 a museum
3 JV was here
4 a bar
5 because of its omissions
6 it is an objective history of Stalin's life and his birthplace
7 a couple from New York
jueves, 5 de noviembre de 2015
The Whitworth: Museum of the Year 2015
On 1 July, at a prestigious ceremony at Tate Modern, the Whitworth, which is part of the University of Manchester, was awarded the Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2015. It’s the largest arts award in Britain and the biggest museum prize in the world.
Self-study activity:
Read the transcript below and complete the gaps with the missing words. The activity is suitable for Intermediate 2 and Advanced students.
Hello. I'm Maria Balshaw. I'm Director at The Whitworth.
This is the new Whitworth. Our architects, MUMA, have (1) ... the connection between the gallery and our park. Gathering of Strangers by Nathan Coley sits above the entrance as a statement of our values.
Hello, I'm Francine, the Cultural Park Keeper. My job is to look after the Art Garden, the park and the Art Gardener volunteers and the activities that happen within the spaces.
Hi, I'm Amy George, Curator of Textiles and Wallpaper at the Whitworth.
The Collection Centre is probably something that we curators are most excited about. It's a place where people of all ages and abilities, and not just experts, can get (2) ... with our collections. This week, everything in this space was chosen by our visitors. And next week, it will be replaced with a selection chosen by (3) ....
Hello. I'm Steven Roper.
I'm the Primary School Co-ordinator. There's a (4) ... , a sense of place, that the gallery now provides. This morning, we had yoga on the promenade.
It looks like blossom now, doesn't it?
It looks like a cherry!
It does look like a cherry!
Across the park, you can see the Manchester Academy and they can see into us, too. We have great relationships with our local schools, colleges and universities. During our (5) ... , the kids unearthed clay from our park and have crafted jewellery that's now on display and on sale in our shop.
These new exhibition spaces are filled with work by Cornelia Parker. She's collaborated with scholars and academics on campus, people like Konstantin Novoselov, the Nobel Prize-winner, who discovered grapheme. This new commission, (6) ... ..., takes the left-over paper from the poppy factory in Henley and creates an extraordinary contemplative space that thinks about mourning and loss and warfare.
This is our South Gallery. It's the room that inspired the architects to really connect to the park. Visitors have always loved being able to see the green spaces in here. But the last time we were here, it was filled with incredibly hip young adults!
I programme the Student Weekender and work with a team of student producers. We had (7) ... students that came to our first student social art party, so they had the opportunity to take over the whole gallery and they programmed cultural activities that took inspiration from our exhibitions and collections. The gallery really felt like their place.
This is the Grand Hall, transformed back into its original grandeur. When we were closed, we took our whole programme on tour. We did family art picnics in Asda in Hulme and art (8) ... ... across Manchester's best pubs. Opening on Valentine's Day, we asked people to fall in love again with The Whitworth.
With (9) ... visitors in our first two months, we really feel we've succeeded.
Key:
1 unlocked 2 hands-on 3 toddlers 4 belonging 5 closure 6 War Room 7 1,400 8 pub crawls 9 130,000
Self-study activity:
Read the transcript below and complete the gaps with the missing words. The activity is suitable for Intermediate 2 and Advanced students.
Hello. I'm Maria Balshaw. I'm Director at The Whitworth.
This is the new Whitworth. Our architects, MUMA, have (1) ... the connection between the gallery and our park. Gathering of Strangers by Nathan Coley sits above the entrance as a statement of our values.
Hello, I'm Francine, the Cultural Park Keeper. My job is to look after the Art Garden, the park and the Art Gardener volunteers and the activities that happen within the spaces.
Hi, I'm Amy George, Curator of Textiles and Wallpaper at the Whitworth.
The Collection Centre is probably something that we curators are most excited about. It's a place where people of all ages and abilities, and not just experts, can get (2) ... with our collections. This week, everything in this space was chosen by our visitors. And next week, it will be replaced with a selection chosen by (3) ....
Hello. I'm Steven Roper.
I'm the Primary School Co-ordinator. There's a (4) ... , a sense of place, that the gallery now provides. This morning, we had yoga on the promenade.
It looks like blossom now, doesn't it?
It looks like a cherry!
It does look like a cherry!
Across the park, you can see the Manchester Academy and they can see into us, too. We have great relationships with our local schools, colleges and universities. During our (5) ... , the kids unearthed clay from our park and have crafted jewellery that's now on display and on sale in our shop.
These new exhibition spaces are filled with work by Cornelia Parker. She's collaborated with scholars and academics on campus, people like Konstantin Novoselov, the Nobel Prize-winner, who discovered grapheme. This new commission, (6) ... ..., takes the left-over paper from the poppy factory in Henley and creates an extraordinary contemplative space that thinks about mourning and loss and warfare.
This is our South Gallery. It's the room that inspired the architects to really connect to the park. Visitors have always loved being able to see the green spaces in here. But the last time we were here, it was filled with incredibly hip young adults!
I programme the Student Weekender and work with a team of student producers. We had (7) ... students that came to our first student social art party, so they had the opportunity to take over the whole gallery and they programmed cultural activities that took inspiration from our exhibitions and collections. The gallery really felt like their place.
This is the Grand Hall, transformed back into its original grandeur. When we were closed, we took our whole programme on tour. We did family art picnics in Asda in Hulme and art (8) ... ... across Manchester's best pubs. Opening on Valentine's Day, we asked people to fall in love again with The Whitworth.
With (9) ... visitors in our first two months, we really feel we've succeeded.
Key:
1 unlocked 2 hands-on 3 toddlers 4 belonging 5 closure 6 War Room 7 1,400 8 pub crawls 9 130,000
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