Museum of Man: PostSecret
Entrance to the PostSecret exhibit The key word for the Museum of Man is interactive. There were a number of exhibits that engaged its audience with methods as simple as writing down fears and tying them to a dreamcatcher in the Monsters exhibit. But PostSecret , the winning exhibit for audience interaction, takes engagement to another level as the entire content was created by regular people. PostSecret is a collection of secrets written on post cards from average people, all sent to the curation of Frank Warren who began the project in 2004. Strangers would anonymously mail personal secrets to Warren which are now read and relatable to other strangers. I greatly appreciated PostSecret’s ability to have me empathize and not just sympathize with nameless strangers. I think the existence of this exhibit demonstrates a social cry for connectivity that many seem to be lacking. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but PostSecret is not a unique concept. As a native New Yorker,...