13 February to 25 March 2006
In a world in which information has become a commodity to be bought and sold and in which individuals, corporations and governments regularly 'bend the truth' as a means to a desired end, it is increasingly difficult to discern fact from fiction. MoMO's (mis)Information Bureau confused the issue even more.
Drawing inspiration from and reinterpreting elements of the City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection, MoMO took an irreverent view of Melbourne, celebrating its myths, alternative histories and folklore.
Curated by Katy Bowman and Neil Thomas
MoMO is an ephemeral museum created, collected and curated by Katy Bowman and Neil Thomas in collaboration with local artists. Manifesting for short periods in different settings, MoMO directs focus to the ordinary, the everyday and those things discarded, overlooked or on the cusp of disappearing. It is a museum 'in process', committed to inquiry and discovery. It is a site-sensitive institution in a constant state of becoming.
Katy Bowman is a performing artist and a maker specialising in installation and visual theatre. She has more than three decades' professional experience as a performer, devisor, designer and director.
Katy has been acknowledged as an innovator and her work has been presented in a number of award-winning seasons, nationally and internationally. Katy is co-creator and director of MoMO with Neil Thomas.
Neil Thomas has an international reputation for innovative, exciting and highly successful public performance works. He has played theatre and street theatre for more than 20 years and, for the past 10 years, has specialised in creating performance window installations and site-specific public art – including Blue Boys and the Urban Dream Capsule – in Australia, Europe, Asia and the Americas.