• Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    I’m really interested in the different reactions of the two litigious guys… (in all of it of course, but especially that)

    Kaechele admits the museum has amassed a “large file” of complaints over Ladies Lounge. But apart from the current case, only one other complainant has sought formal redress.

    “Like Jason, he felt it was sexual discrimination and wanted access for men. And when I said, ‘well, men can’t come in’, he said ‘then why should I have to pay the same amount if I don’t get to experience the artwork?’ And I said, ‘you do experience the artwork, because the rejection is the artwork’. And he understood that and he appreciated it and he dropped the case.”

    The one understood that his discomfort with it was the point, and something women have experienced throughout their lives, and was willing to listen and learn. And the other, still suing, still feels entitled to women’s spaces. Because of course. Lots of men like that.

    I’m curious how this will play out, even though I’m not from your country :p This whole article just felt really good in a lot of ways.

    • Dave.@aussie.zone
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      8 months ago

      It’s quite interesting because MONA has a history of having a number of “challenging” art installations.

      Being confronted/affronted by something at MONA is par for the course, and this is a novel way of doing it - for half the population, anyway.