Hilary Higgins 11th Grade Miami Lakes Educational Center
CON VEN TION
AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART 6
The Museum of Contemporary Art’s exhibition, Convention, centers on the idea of professional and social gatherings in a fast-pace culture dominated by the Internet and other forms of media. Convention is a group exhibition that raises questions as to how people meet in the world. The pieces displayed showed ways that people could convene, provide critiques of conventions, or pose opportunities for actual gatherings. “It is important to network, and for social and professional groups to gather, and that’s why this exhibit was created,” Ruba Katrib, Assistant Curator and creator of Convention said. Convention delves into other ways of gathering that don’t include the social networking sites, e-mail programs, or cell phone services, that people in the contemporary world usually resort to. “Convention shows people that there are other ways to meet other than the internet or thorough the phone,” Amber Mark, a student who attended the exhibit with the summer journalism institute said.