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Sontagian Camp
Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay Notes on Camp is the basis for this exhibtion. Sontag launched Camp into the realm
of academia. Sontag is why we take Camp seriously.
The essay spans centuries to find examples of Camp through the ages. This gallery shows some of Sontag’s examples and contextualizes them through the previous galleries.
“Camp is the artifact past
its prime”
` - Caryl
Flinn
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