week (2)

Our visiting to Kirkstall Abbey & Abbey House Museum:

-I have to admit: I could not be an academic objective person today. Maybe because I am always appreciate the special relation between humans and places.

While I was walking into the Abbey I can walk through the history and “feel” the “place”.. the real frame is her and I have to look for the hidden stories behind stones.

In the Victorian street in the museum ,the history was pictured and presented to the visitors who are in the present and some one gives them a “bunch” of history.. Although it is authentic, it is just a location without strong romantic feeling..

This was my own impression!! and because audience are different, the history should be presented to them in various ways to cope with the different needs and backgrounds of the audience and to create different feelings and engagements.

-I took the photo above(2007) in the Citadel of Qaitbay ,Alexandria, Egypt which was built in 1477.

While I was standing behind the bars I was thinking how many people during history have stood here in the same spot and looked to the sea !?