In my head I had this very precise idea of a touch cabinet. This idea consisted of a series of drawers, on high legs,so that the audience in a public space could easily access the content.The drawers were to be opened by the public and inside, there would be the space to store something precious. A little object of great interest or curiousity. On my return to Africa, I flicked through some old magazines and !!! There it was ! My inspiration !
An early 19th Century Recency Collectors Cabinet! The antique specialist writes : This Mahogony cabinet was made for a gentleman's library during the George 1V period. Increasing numbers of people were doing the Grand Tour by this time and returned home bearing souvenirs. A cabinet like this provided the ideal storage facility for small treasures such a micromosaics, which were taken out to show after dinner'
I have asked Mark, a local carpenter of which I dont know his surname, to build me a cabinet with sixteen drawers, to house the objects the students of Michelangelo have produced. This will be on permanent display in the Kampala Museum, as a monument to touch, and especially in the museum. .
And I have also asked him, to make a miniature, a replica of the big one, to bring back home with me, and which I will be using in the Belfast exhibition. This, I think, is the most exciting part...
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