polynesia americana museum of polynesian pop. exhibit design project - General Tiki

H hewey Tiki Socialite Sydney, Australia Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 4283	H hewey Posted posted on Fri, Jan 5, 2007 2:06 PM Sounds like a very interesting class. How is your work and ideas being received? I did a social ecology subject (real hippy stuff - I studied land management and majored in community engagement) on "sense of place". Real interesting, talking about how different places have different atmospheres, different senses of place. This is what urban planners try to do with new developments - "develop a community/village atmosphere". To me, I saw an obvious link with poly pop, and included it in one of my essays. It wasnt received very well at all (poly pop doesnt sit well with hippies - too crass and commercialised)! I soon learnt that if you write essays that are closely aligned with the lecturers values, the better the marks.... As far as the poly pop musuem, sounds like a great concept. A way to start might be to try and include a poly pop exhibition in an established museum. A museum in Sydney has had features on the making Lord of The Rings (awesome sets and props!), movie/scifi special effects and making monsters, and a feature on the history of Harley Davidson, with a strong focus on the Harley culture, and guys who modify them. They even had an interactive display where you could make your own bike! I think a good way to do it is to have a "story". I think focusing on the sociological aspects of poly pop would give it the most "authenticity" in the eyes of the stereotypical historian. How is poly pop a reflection of the times it occured in? eg. WWII, soldiers returning home, romanticism, the start of society becoming more wild (which lead into the wild 60s), how some of the architecture of the time was reminiscent of the space race, and how that was poly pop-ised etc etc. Basically, poly pop was so big at that time due to a numbner of reasons, and so os therefore unique and an interesting "porthole" back into the past. I think it might also make an interesting last stop to look at the current state of poly pop. Both the old institions being run down and demolished in the name of progress, but also the new wave of poly popbeing rebirthed and how that is a reflection of kids romanticising about tiki restaurants when they were kids, hoe people want to escape world issues like wars and terrorism by kicking back with a mai tai in a pseudo polynesian themed bar... Have fun! Thats my 2c

Sounds like a very interesting class. How is your work and ideas being received? I did a social ecology subject (real hippy stuff - I studied land management and majored in community engagement) on "sense of place". Real interesting, talking about how different places have different atmospheres, different senses of place. This is what urban planners try to do with new developments - "develop a community/village atmosphere". To me, I saw an obvious link with poly pop, and included it in one of my essays. It wasnt received very well at all (poly pop doesnt sit well with hippies - too crass and commercialised)! I soon learnt that if you write essays that are closely aligned with the lecturers values, the better the marks....

As far as the poly pop musuem, sounds like a great concept. A way to start might be to try and include a poly pop exhibition in an established museum. A museum in Sydney has had features on the making Lord of The Rings (awesome sets and props!), movie/scifi special effects and making monsters, and a feature on the history of Harley Davidson, with a strong focus on the Harley culture, and guys who modify them. They even had an interactive display where you could make your own bike!

I think a good way to do it is to have a "story". I think focusing on the sociological aspects of poly pop would give it the most "authenticity" in the eyes of the stereotypical historian. How is poly pop a reflection of the times it occured in? eg. WWII, soldiers returning home, romanticism, the start of society becoming more wild (which lead into the wild 60s), how some of the architecture of the time was reminiscent of the space race, and how that was poly pop-ised etc etc. Basically, poly pop was so big at that time due to a numbner of reasons, and so os therefore unique and an interesting "porthole" back into the past. I think it might also make an interesting last stop to look at the current state of poly pop. Both the old institions being run down and demolished in the name of progress, but also the new wave of poly popbeing rebirthed and how that is a reflection of kids romanticising about tiki restaurants when they were kids, hoe people want to escape world issues like wars and terrorism by kicking back with a mai tai in a pseudo polynesian themed bar...

Have fun!

Thats my 2c

Post #276946 by hewey on Fri, Jan 5, 2007 2:06 PM