new address: 4810 West Alameda Street - Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
PREVIOUS LOCATION: See all of the Pagosa Springs museum installation photos as we post them here:
PREVIOUS LOCATION: See all of the Pagosa Springs museum installation photos as we post them here:
The Museum is an experimental artwork that could be called a Gesamtkunstwerk (Total Work of Art) and is also inspired by the idea of a Kunstkammer (art room) or Wunderkammer (wonders room) or Cabinet of Curiosities. For some reason the Germans have names for these things! These are all early, even primitive attempts at collecting the world together into a microcosmic environment.
The museum has several wings that specialize in specific types of artworks. These are:
The International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction
collagemuseum.com
As the name suggests the IMCAC - begun in 1998 is focused on Collage/Assemblage art as well as studio documentary materials such as donated sketchbooks, scrapbooks, hand made books, diaries, collections of papers, such as in boxes, dossiers also photographs, ephemera; all of those things that surround the creative process of collage, assemblage and construction.
Our interest is in constructed art as it began in the early 20th century around photography, film, advertising, printing, computers, mass media, etc.
The Fluxmuseum - fluxmuseum.org
FLUXmUSeum was founded in 2006 with the intention of documenting 21st century fluxus artists. The Fluxmuseum is dedicated to the collection, performance, production, publishing, promotion, exhibition, documentation and safekeeping of Fluxus works . The Fluxmuseum is an inclusive venture inviting any artist who feels a connection to fluxus to participate in museum projects and to contribute works to the collection.
The Archives of the Eternal Network
archivesoftheeternalnetwork.org
The AEN invites mail artists to send samples of their work and/or to donate their collections of accumulated correspondence to the Archives.
The Museum of Snapshot Photography
snapshotsmuseum.org
The MSP collects snap shot and vernacular photography of the 20th century as well as other works created by photographic means such as scanner art, photostatic art, etc.
The Department of Linguistic Records
The DLR collects language related works such as visual poetry, concrete poetry, collage poetry, asemic writing and other related items as well as small and independent press publications.
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The Archives are located in Santa Fe, New Mexico
We also offer occasional exhibitions and workshops. Please join our mailing list to stay informed of our activities..
The museum's mailing address is:
ONTOLOGICAL MUSEUM
4810 West Alameda Street - Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
MUSEUM EMAIL info@ontologicalmuseum.org
The Museum's central venue has been the internet websites which we have and will continue to develop and we expect to maintain this focus because the internet provides an excellent and low cost platform to presenting the museum's collection and advance its programs which are oriented toward the specific arts communities it is intended to serve namely the community of contemporary artists and art groups which the museum maintains contact with - Post-Dogmatists, The Massurrealist Society, The FluxNexus, The Neoist Society, The International Society of Collage and Assemblage Artists, etc.. While it is impossible to be completely inclusive, the Museum staff strives to avoid any attitudes of exclusivity and maintains an open door, open arms and open mind policy.
We will continue to grow and expand and plan for the future to create a special and exciting collection of contemporary art and to document as much as we are able with the help of the community we aim to serve.
