Museum of Capitalism

The Museum of Capitalism is a project by the art & design collective Fictilis that takes the form of a museum in order to analyze and historicize capitalism, through a variety of public programming including exhibitions and designed exhibits, workshops, lectures, and other events. [2] Versions of the exhibition — a collection of objects, artefacts, installations, archival documents, photos and videos on the “historical phenomenon of capitalism” [1] have been hosted in Oakland,[3] Boston and New York City.[4] Fictilis is Timothy Furstnau and Andrea Steves.[5]

The Museum of Capitalism
Year2015 - present
Subjectcapitalism, post-capitalism[1]

Publications

Museum of Capitalism (2019)[6]

The goal of the publication, is to “educate this generation and future generations about the ideology, history and legacy of capitalism.” and features sketches and renderings of exhibits and artifacts, relevant quotations from historical sources and speculative essays on the intersections of ecology, race, museology, historiography, economics and politics. [6]

Plus a special exhibition "American Domain," curated by Erin Elder, featuring the following artists: Bruce Nauman, Chip Thomas, Chris Ballantyne, Chris Collins , Christine Howard Sandoval, Erika Osborne, Jesse Vogler, Terri Warpinski, Tom Miller, Winter Count (Cannupa Hanska Luger, Nicholas Galanin, Merritt Johnson, Dylan McLaughlin, Ginger Dunnill).[2]

Notes
  1. Monticelli, Lara (4 May 2018). "Embodying Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century". TripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. 16 (2): 501–517. doi:10.31269/triplec.v16i2.1032.
  2. "Museum of Capitalism - FICTILIS". www.fictilis.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. Wiener, Anna. "What Would a Museum of Capitalism Look Like?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. Schuessler, Jennifer (13 November 2019). "Cheeseburgers, Oil and Minimum Wage: Building a Museum of Capitalism". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  5. Capps, Kriston. "At Oakland's Museum of Capitalism, Your Money is No Good". CityLab. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  6. Museum of capitalism (Second expanded ed.). INVENTORY PRESS. 21 January 2020. ISBN 9781941753262.
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