Erotic Heritage Museum featured as part of the Vegas Valley Book Festival

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Erotic Heritage Museum featured in an Illustrated Word Public Art Presentation as part of the Vegas Valley Book Festival, November 1-3.

Markus Tracy, the site on site Public Artist, will be speaking about this project at the Poetry Courtyard Stage, of the Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth Street, on Saturday November 3, from 11:45am to 12:00pm, accompanied by Dorian Gomez, the resident curator of the Museum.

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According to Markus Tracy, the site on site artist, there will be a total of 5 site on site locations.  

SITE ON SITE is a [site-specific] art project which coincided with the first annual “Day in the Arts District” festival. The city of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs accepted Markus’ proposal to paint five text paintings at specific locations throughout the Las Vegas Downtown Arts District. Along with text paintings, a map will be created to engage viewers with the artist statement and location of each project.

Each text represents a title that is evocative of its immediate surroundings.  Roman Times text was used to show a level of truth; typical of a newspaper or literary text. Each text is punctuated by a red dot one foot in diameter proportional in height to each text.  The red dot signifies a location or sign to observe the title in relation to the surrounding environment.  This kind of mapping serves as a signifier prompting the viewer to ponder the personal, social, political, and environmental landscape.

The Term “lost & found” was chosen as a collaborative effort of Markus Tracy, the site on site artist, and Dorian Gomez, the resident curator of the Museum.

The site on site is chosen not so much for what is on the site right now but the property itself and the area.

As Dorian commented, “The Museum is located in a strange area. It has vagrants. Beheaded birds sometimes show up in the parking lot. Visitors from out of town wake up drunk outside. People get lost trying to find the Museum, or find it by chance as they are driving by.”

She also said it is almost like Vegas forgot about this area, even though it is only a block away from the strip. The main focus on the city is to keep people on the strip.

And that is true too of the nature of what exists on this property now.

Much of our lost erotic heritage can be found here at the Museum. 

And it could be said that people who feel a little “lost” can “find” themselves here, too. Even some of the staff who volunteer here have found their life’s purpose doing their graduate studies through the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality that is also associated with the Museum (The Exodus Trust in San Francisco founded both the Institute and the Museum).

So come and “find” yourself or get “lost” within the wonders our forgotten erotic heritage here at the Museum!