Role-play. 29 Imagine that you find yourself in a museum or at an exhibition of modern art and you belong to the nine-tenths of the public who are unprepared to take in

29 Imagine that you find yourself in a museum or at an exhibition of modern art and you belong to the nine-tenths of the public who are unprepared to take in that kind of thing. Now you are with a connoisseur friend who is willing to answer the questions. Paraphrase some of the questions from the exercise above and ask them of your friend.

e. g.
(1) Sorry to disturb you, who are all these people that get together at such art shows?
(2) I can’t make up my mind whether this what I see is art. Where do you stand on this point?
(3) Why don’t other, more traditional art trends generate such controversy?
(4) How do you assess these pieces of art?
(5) How do I learn about these things?
(6) It feels, as if I were missing out on something. Am I?

Use the linking devices table in Unit 3, Part 2 for reference.

30 The author of the article above encourages the public "to fill up the galleries with the rest of us". Imagine that you are the manager of one of Ukrainian art museums and you are ready to follow suit. Now, you expect a reporter in your office in a while to do an interview about the museum's current affairs. You believe that this is an excellent opportunity to get your museum new publicity. In the expectation of the appointment, you read about the British Tate Modern to familiarise yourself with some advanced practices. The reporter, in turn, is also likely to compare this museum's performance with Tate's. As soon as you familiarise with the information below:

- think of and write down 10 questions for the reporter's role and
- pick up 10 interesting activities in Tate's operation that could be introduced into local practice for the manager's role.
When these are in place you may act out this mock interview.