The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things is an online collection and discussion of art, objects, ideas and history which are deeply, genuinely, thoroughly, RIDICULOUSLY interesting. It is un Musée imaginaire; a cabinet of curiosities for the digital age; an anthology of marvelous, bizarre, exciting, and intriguing things, paired with conversation around contemporary art and its institutions. Unlike the many image sharing websites where users can endlessly post and re-post without context or reflection, the aim of the MofRIT is to promote a deeper understanding of curious and interesting things and to actively contribute to the dialogue around them.
The MofRIT is produced by Chelsea Nichols, Head Curator of Ridiculously Interesting Things. Chelsea is a doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford, where she is writing a thesis on human curiosities in contemporary art and their relationship with the history of exhibiting monstrous bodies (read more about her academic interests here). She also curates real life exhibitions, and has worked in galleries across the UK, Canada and NZ.
Your blog is always such a great read! :-)
Chelsea… Oh my goodness…
Imagine my surprise when I saw that you had ‘liked’ my Anatomy of Keys post, considering I had only, very recently, decided to resurrect my old WordPress blog. Your blog is not just ridiculously interesting… it is also freaking RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME.
I miss you.
I have added this blog to my blog roll. Keep in touch however way you can (I am no longer on Facebook) and maybe, one day, if my art manages to reach a much broader audience outside of the few regular readers I have, you will curate my stuff? Hehehe… oh dreams. :-)
xo,
Issha
wonderful blog, amazing images and insight.
My wife and I are having tea with your grandmother Wednesday evening, 30th May, and she encouraged me to check your website. Your grandfather, George Nichols, and I were colleagues and friends at Mount Allison between 1978 and 1984. I just retired as a university professor in Tokyo and now we are on the process of retiring in Halifax. Your grandmother sends her love and enjoyed her video conversation yesterday. Best wishes from Sackville.
I’m so glad I stumbled across this! Reminds me of What I Loved, by Siri Hustvedt. Have you read it?
ps. My own PhD is on war. Not so many cool pictures there. :s
Fantastic blog. I’m a PhD-candidate in Art History from Norway writing about baroque and political use of images, so far from this. But I wondered if you have included the works of Norwegian artist Erik Tidemann. I’ll just link his website so you can have a look and see if it interests you.
http://www.giantskullboss.net/#all
Best regards
Daniel Johansen
I’ve never encountered his work before- very interesting, and I will certainly be investigating further! Thank you so much for the link Daniel, and good luck with the PhD.
We’d like to pass on the ONE LOVELY BLOG award to you. Your site is such a lovely place to spend some time! Head over here when you have a minute -
http://studiobluesea.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/bursting-back-into-blogging/#comment-385
Miles and Pippa
Thank you so much Miles and Pippa!
How enjoyable! I’m awfully glad I found your blog.
Already a fan
Has to be the best read I have come across in the blog world in a long time, fantastic.
This blog feels like a place I’ve been yearning to find. Thank you so much for this!
Hey, I love your blog and your contemporary approach to a Wunderkammer! Your research focus is really interesting. I’m sure you have looked into Petra Lange-Berndt’s work? :)
Hi Chelsea. have you read Coming Through Slaughter ?