This may be the only elevator I wouldn’t mind being trapped in. Tucked away on a nondescript alley way in Lower Manhattan, an old carpeted freight elevator has ditched her old ways of hauling building trash and embraced a new beginning as a 60-square-foot curated collection of object journalism. Mmuseumm is currently in its fifth season of showcasing awesome stuff you’d probably never see anywhere else.
IsIs Currency
[” Creating a currency is a popular way of legitimizing a government. Having generated hundreds of millions of dollars by selling oil on the black market, ransoming hostages, and turning stolen artifacts for profit, the jihadist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant now claims to be launching its own currency in an effort to escape the “satanic usury-based global economic system.”]
Personal Items of Immigration
[“These objects can represent the danger, courage, and hour-by-hour struggles of some of the thousands of men, women, and children trekking across the Arizona desert from Mexico, over the border into the United States. Or an opponent of illegal immigration might see nothing but crime-scene evidence. No matter how they are viewed, these possessions were left behind as individuals attempted to make their way through a deadly corridor.”]
Insect Chic
[“While people around the world have been eating insects for centuries, the idea remains unappealing to many. However, due to a heightened awareness of the environmental impact of meat production, insects are gaining traction as a sustainable protein. Insects require significantly fewer resources than traditional livestock to produce the same amount of complete animal protein. As the role of insects in our society begins to increase, they are being packaged, marketed, and sold to consumers like never before.”]
Donald Trump Merchandise
Left-to-right : Trump After-shave, Trump vodka (was available in citron, orange, grape and cranberry ), Trump energy drink, Trump golf ball, Trump chocolate bar ( available at the Trump Tower Cafe in milk chocolate, dark chocolate and almond ,Trump castle 3 gambling computer game, Trump Shuttle pin (Trump Shuttle was a former airline where waiters in tuxedos served champagne while a string quarter played. Lasted 3 years before ending in 1992.
The Cornflake Taxonomy
[“Through an indexing system, each example is categorized by brand, size, color, texture, geometry, contortion, and twinning, revealing the essential nature and origin of the primal Cornflake.”]
Objects That Saved A Life
[“Hair weave : As she was driving away in her car. Brianna’s ex boyfriend Juan aimed and fired a gun. A 40 caliber bullet shattered the windshield and hit the back of her head. Her head snapped forward and their was little blood. When police arrived they found a bullet tangled in her hair weave.”]
Modern Religion, Fitting In
Green & Clean
[“Remember that feeling of taking a deep breath of pure clean air, you felt invigorated and alive. That’s what we’ve captured for you to enjoy anywhere at anytime. This pure fresh air is captured using our cold press technology, so you get only the highest quality ambient air straight from location to your door to enjoy anywhere at anytime.”]
The Transparent Object
[“A lack of resources is fuel for invention. The transparent object is an object that does not hide how it is made, enabling anybody to reproduce it. In response to the economic crisis that gripped Cuba in the early 1990s, itscitizens became prolific inventors, wasting nothing, fixing and making everything needed for day to day life. Presented here are homemade appliances, kitchenware, garments, and games.”]
