Post Secret at Minneapolis Central Library
During the TCMA Fall Media Forum breaks today, Erica and I took the opportunity to tour the Post Secret exhibit mere hours after it opened.
Already there were entries in guest book from Chicago and North Dakota from visitors who claimed to have driven to Minneapolis just to see the exhibit.
Frank Warren’s community art project invites people to anonymously share a secret on a postcard and send it to him. This traveling exhibition of 400 postcards illustrates the poignant secrets we never voice. In many cases, the illustrations on the postcards are just as compelling as the secret.
‘Sometimes when we think we are keeping a secret that secret is actually keeping us.”
Frank Warren, the founder and curator of PostSecret
We had the opportunity to eat lunch with someone from the Library staff (please help me with her name), who told us the library “edited” (her correction to my terminology of “censored”) the selections to remove the f-word and they kept the more risque secrets up higher in the displays to shield them from the innocent children.
I heard Frank Warren speak at SXSW last year. His story is a phenomenal one, and checking out the secrets online is equally poignant. But seeing these secrets in real, physical life is a head-trip.
I highly suggest you make the trip to check it out.
October 4-November 30
Minneapolis Central Library
Cargill Gallery
300 Nicollet Mall
During Library Hours:
Tues., Thurs.: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.,
Wed., Fri., Sat.: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Sun: Noon-5 p.m.
Cost:
Free
And yes, there are postcards available for you to submit your own secrets.
Awesome. I think Post Secret really is one of the most original and interesting ideas in the series of tubes.
That looks like it would take 53 hours to take in.
It’s actually not that big. I spent about 45 minutes on it and I read every postcard in there.
The library people seemed disappointed about the lack of press they were able to get on this, so y’all spread the word!
But seeing these secrets in real, physical life is a head-trip.
It really is. I was emotional. And really frickin’ annoyed by some people who were in there chattering. It’s not the MIA, but it is an art exhibit. STFU!
That sounds like a great exhibit! I will have to check it out and add it to my blog: http://www.twincitiestourguide.com