Alighiero Boetti, Tate Modern Curator Tour

For those of us on a student budget and unable to travel to see the Boetti exhibits up close, here is a tour in three parts from YouTube that proves some commentary to the works by the curator of the museum.

Part One

Of special interest in the above are the window ("Nothing to See, Nothing to Hide"), checkers & sticker game pieces.


Part Two

"Order & Disorder", "Bringing the World into the World" - many meanings...


Part Three

"Little Faces", "Tutto" (or what I like to call the "Dog's Breakfast") & Mappa embroderies.


Some Preliminary Thoughts on the Connections to The Blue Room:
What I find most interesting about Boetti's work is his sense of play and games.  He sets rules for himself and his collaborators to follow and the fun is found in seeing what patterns emerge.  He is a bit of a gambler, often letting random chance and serendipity dictate the final outcome of many of his works.

Although it is important to give sex serious consideration as a topic on the stage, as it will generate (hopefully) discussion in a Western society that is largely uncomfortable with it (in public), how seriously should sex be taken?  Generally speaking, the act of sex gives pleasure to the senses, therefore is it not much like play?  Like all games, we have created courtship rituals that surround the sex act. These rules (in any context) are established to create an environment of fairness and respect (most of the time...).