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...graduate of the Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) department and a multi-disciplinary artist, Wing is currently organizing an event called Bizarre Animals at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Using the building and its exhibits as their inspiration, Wing and a team of contemporary artists will take over the Museum on the night of March 26, installing the space with a variety of multi-media “art interventions.” Billed as a night that “will transform the Harvard Museum of Natural History into a laboratory, library, exploratorium, and stage...
Wing, who also currently serves as a Carpenter Center Fellow, conceived Bizarre Animals as an opportunity for artists to use the Museum itself as inspiration for projects. She invited several friends—including many fellow Harvard alumni—and gave them the freedom to propose projects based on whatever interested them about the Museum...
...conduct several cooperative workshops with undergraduates in which participants will discuss methods of documentation—a topic that has interested Wing since she studied photography as a student in VES. Her plan is to explore major questions about the relationship between performance, documentation, and their role in a museum environment. The seminars will culminate with the undergraduates deciding how to document Bizarre Animals...
...elderly Tibetans for hours. Walk to the Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery, tel: (977-1) 448 3575, for the weekly 11 a.m. English-language Buddhist lecture by its renowned abbot, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. For lunch, and a glimpse of local woodwork, bronze and painting, head to the Patan Museum and Patan Museum Café, tel: (977-1) 552 1492, at Patan Durbar Square. In the late afternoon, take a taxi to Baber Mahal Revisited, an upscale shopping and entertainment complex housed in the beautifully renovated stables of an old palace. Boutiques and galleries are tucked inside narrow passages and flower...
...jewelry. Across the street, Wild Earth, tel: (977-1) 437 4178, sells locally made soaps and essential oils. For a quick refuel, Lazimpat's Ambassador Hotel has a tiny but relaxing café, Cibo, tel: (977-1) 441 0727. From there, you can choose either the Narayanhiti Palace Museum on Durbar Marg for more sightseeing or venture into Thamel, a maze of narrow alleys, cafés, restaurants, climbing shops, bookstores, CD stalls and more. Book a table for dinner at a local favorite, Tukche Thakali Kitchen, tel: (977-1) 422 5890, on Durbar Marg for traditional Nepali cuisine...