You should publish the booklet for us yanks. I'd love to see this exhibit but logistics.

God I wish I could get across the pond and see this. It's so intriguing to see these very personal "statements" of personality from each weapon and the original owners.

Mankind has a long history of decorating weapons. All the way from basic spears and swords, boomerangs and throwing sticks to the fine engraving on sporting guns.

@ohmygoshitscole

3 ай бұрын

So true 😢

@irrelevantfish1978

3 ай бұрын

@@ohmygoshitscole I don't really think the decoration of weapons is something to lament. Yes, it's undeniably tragic how much mankind has invested in making weapons and how often they're misused, but isn't it also heartening that we seek to infuse beauty even into implements with such bleak purposes, and how often decoration effectively results in disarmament, turning something that might've been used for violence into an object for display, ceremony, or sport?

Thanks to the incredible hard-working team at the Royal Armouries, you guys have done a fantastic job.

From Blood Meridian, the Judge's rifle has an engraving of "et in Arcadia ego" I've always liked that.

Very interesting to see the museum processes, give the team some kudos!

I worked on a weapons exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian in 2004. Conservation Dept, then packing the objects for shipment, then working on the actual display cases. The Name of the display was Guns, Germs, and Steel. In the display were guns from the small collection of NMAI, and borrowed weapons from the American History Museum, Smithsonian, and from the NRA Museum.

Thanks very much Matthew, Jonathan and team. It is great to see all those objects on display to the public in such a special setting.

Wow, so to refer so casually to so much effort and time to put into a temporary! display... very eye-opening to me. I would love to see it, I envy the folks in the UK that can w/o plane trips. 🙂

Like the person(s) elsewhere in the World that can not get to The Royal Armouries to see this exhibition there are also many here in the UK so I hope like hell this is also going online for us less fortunate - geographically & financially - to see.

This _really_ makes me wish I was able to travel there and visit this exhibition. Great work!

great video, and a very intrigueing concept for an exhibition of weapons. I really do like the idea af a collaboration with an artist on top to add further context. Would love to visit, sadly I won#t be able to make to the royal armouries :/ Please for all us people from far far away, do film a walk around of the exhibition, and put it on here or a similar plattform once the exhibition is over! Pretty please!

@williestyle35

3 ай бұрын

Having some kind of video of the Re : Loaded exhibition is a good idea!

How does someone get a copy of your exhibition leaflet. (Regret a visit is not possible).

Some beautiful decoration there (although I don't like the golden Kalashnikovs).

Fantastic display, thank you. I found the millennium gun very interesting.

Incredible! WOW - I wish I could have the butterfly piece!!

The last time I was this early, there was a Regency crisis for King George... lol

Wow 🤩

I am wondering, how would it be to have a commentary page for each individual piece in the exhibition together with like and dislike buttons. Bring all the vulgarity of social media to the environment of museum. Make the public the part of the process. I think it might be interesting experiment for the museum, interesting material for the social studies and some experience for the audience.

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Aside from the weapon psychology, to me this demonstrates how the artistic intent over centuries is actually going backwards... The artisanal work for the early inlays etc is so much more intense, and at the same time had no machines to assist the process. The Idea of sticking sweets to an AK is... crass & childish by comparison. Not art but a political statement, worthwhile to include but meh.

@Chloe-wt8mz

3 ай бұрын

I went to the exhibit and listened to the artist, he was in Sierra Leone a few years back and came across child soldiers who had AK-47s, and at the time the artist only had love heart sweets on him that's all he could give them, from his experience he took the words they said and put it on sweets which symbolise their childhood taken away from them due to conflicts and politics. It's a very deep piece, I wish you could visit it, it's quite something in the flesh. :-)

@jonr6680

3 ай бұрын

@@Chloe-wt8mz A soldier with a conscience, also has a book out I'll wager. It's war porn for social media. Sorry, I'm cynical. This entire museum is a monument to human (mostly male) bestiality through the centuries. What's a flowery AK doing? A call to pacifism? It's clever marketing, nothing more. I'm sure we'd have an agreeable chat in the café, I am not a warmonger and you'd be surprised how sensitive some men can be! (even ones who didn't join the army to find out war is hell /s). But my point isn't about how war robs children of innocence. You could say the same about Victorian factories. In fact in this era of woke insanity I bet some millennials are doing just that: "Their descendants should be compensated". Everyone is a self publicist these days. At least he isn't throwing paint at the Mona Lisa...