Muzej prekinjenih ljubezni
FORM (word)
FORM (pdf)
Dear friends,
We believe you have all experienced, at least once in your life,
a painful end of a love affair. You probably remember how you wanted
to destroy even the tiniest memory of your emotional failure. You
erased e-mails and text messages, threw away or tore photographs
and hid certain things that reminded you of the ruined relationship.
But has it ever occurred to you that you have destroyed some beautiful
moments of your emotional history?
One of such experiences inspired the idea of the Museum of Broken
Relationships, an art project, carried out for the first time in
Zagreb recently, with great success and international interest.
More than 150 television programmes all over the world reported
on the event and people from India, Japan, South Africa, etc., wanted
to donate their objects to the museum.
The first international appearance of this very unusual museum
will be part of the Mladi Levi Festival in Ljubljana, from 17th
to 27th August 2006, in cooperation with the Mestni Muzej Ljubljana.
The opening of the Slovene Museum of Broken Relationships will take
place on the second day of the festival, 18th August.
We are kindly inviting you to become a donor to our museum and
contribute those little objects that survived the attack of the
»affective vandalism« of yours at that time. The museum offers you
a chance to overcome your emotional wreckage with creativity and
remembrance instead of destruction and oblivion, thus helping to
create a collective emotional heritage. We believe that you can
enrich our collection.
Attached see a form that
needs to be filled in and sent together with the donated object
to our address.
Descriptions of some exhibited objects might inspire you. If you
want to find our more, please check the web page www.brokenships.com.
In expectation of your donation, with kind regards,
The Bunker crew
Keys of ex-boyfriend's apartment
July 2005 – January 2006
My »love« didn't last long, but it was deep and sincere… unfortunately
one-sided. These keys are of no emotional value for me any more,
as my ex turned out a selfish, calculable person. I wanted to get
rid of them, not to be tempted to appear in front of his door again…
~
Air sickness bags
2004 – 2006
Different air sickness bags as a memory of a long distance relationship.
Croatia Airlines, Lufthansa, Hapag Lloyd and German Wings. I think
I still keep the instructions with pictures saying »what to do if
the plane starts falling apart«. I have never found instructions
for »what to do if a relationship starts falling apart«, but at
least I have kept the bags.
~
A Vespa motorbike
2001 – 2003
A yellow motorbike Vespa waited in the garage for two years to
be repaired and we were supposed to ride it as couples in Italian
films do. We have never ridden it.
~
A flower frozen in time
1989 – 1994
»All big loves are either short or tragic,« said my friend who
is a psychiatrist. The flower frozen in time reminds me of the one
that was long and tragic. It lasted from summer 1989 to spring 1994
if one can define it so. And yes, during the relationship and afterwards
I could use a psychiatrist.
~
Old clock/watch
1987
A gift from S.K., who was in love with antiques: to be old and
not to function any more. That's why we are not together any more.
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