博物馆里的“市民投诉信”

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1、博物馆里的“市民投诉信”　　Whatareyoucomplainingabout？Ifyou’reaNewYorker，it’softenaboutnoiseandtrashandoccasionallyaboutpoliticsormorals.　　Thosearesomeoftheconcernsexpressedoverthepast300yearsbycitizenswritingtotheirmayor，asunearthedbyanartistrecentlywhominedthecity’sarchivestocreateTheNewYorkCityMuseumofCompl

2、aint.　　Themuseumisactuallyatabloidnewspaperreproducing31lettersfrom1751to1973，currentlybeingdistributedincityparks.Somelettersareelegantlyhandwritten，otherstyped，andallofthemcomplainaboutsomething.　　“Someofthemareonthevergeofparanoia，othersareonthevergeofgenius，”saidMatthewBakkom，theartistwhocreat

3、edtheproject.　　Thecityhaspreservedcomplaintsasfarbackas1700，whentheAmericancolonieswereunderBritishrule.Bakkomdiscoveredthearchivewhiledoinghistoricalresearchanddecidedthesedisaffectedvoicesfromthepastneededtobeheard.　　“Itjustseemedtomesomethingveryvitalandvery博物馆里的“市民投诉信”　　Whatareyoucomplainingab

4、out？Ifyou’reaNewYorker，it’softenaboutnoiseandtrashandoccasionallyaboutpoliticsormorals.　　Thosearesomeoftheconcernsexpressedoverthepast300yearsbycitizenswritingtotheirmayor，asunearthedbyanartistrecentlywhominedthecity’sarchivestocreateTheNewYorkCityMuseumofComplaint.　　Themuseumisactuallyatabloidnew

5、spaperreproducing31lettersfrom1751to1973，currentlybeingdistributedincityparks.Somelettersareelegantlyhandwritten，otherstyped，andallofthemcomplainaboutsomething.　　“Someofthemareonthevergeofparanoia，othersareonthevergeofgenius，”saidMatthewBakkom，theartistwhocreatedtheproject.　　Thecityhaspreservedcom

6、plaintsasfarbackas1700，whentheAmericancolonieswereunderBritishrule.Bakkomdiscoveredthearchivewhiledoinghistoricalresearchanddecidedthesedisaffectedvoicesfromthepastneededtobeheard.　　“Itjustseemedtomesomethingveryvitalandveryoriginalandverystriking.”　　Thefirstinthecollection，from1751，seekscompensat

7、ionforaseriesofills.“Thereportofthesmallpoxbeinginthiscityhindersthecountrypeoplefromcomingtomarket，”AndrewRamseywrote.　　A1900letteroncorruptionfromthepresidentoftheCitizens’ProgressiveLeaguedecriesavarice：“Theon