Wu-Tang Clan's one-of-a-kind album once owned by 'pharma bro' to be played to ticketholders at Mona in HobartWu Tang Clan's legendary seventh studio album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, will be briefly housed and played at Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art.
Limited to one copy, US rap group Wu-Tang Clan's legendary seventh studio album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, is set to be briefly housed at Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art from next month."Every once in a while, an object on this planet possesses mystical properties that transcend its material circumstances," Mona's director of curatorial affairs, Jarrod Rawlins, said about the album's place in a new exhibit titled 'Namedropping'.
Visitors will be able to listen to a curated 36-minute mix from the album, played from a personalised Wu-Tang PlayStation 1 at Mona's in-house recording studio.Few people have had the opportunity to listen to Wu-Tang Clan's seventh album, which legally can't be "commercially exploited" until 2103.
They also deleted the digital master files, and bound the album in a legal agreement that stipulates the album cannot be commercially exploited until 2103. This will mark the first time Wu-Tang Clan's album will be loaned to a museum since its original sale.A Tasmanian art gallery refusing to allow a man to enter a women-only lounge was discriminatory, a tribunal has found — with the actions of the exhibit's artist and her supporters at the tribunal hearing into the matter heavily criticised."Ten years ago, the Wu-Tang Clan had a bold vision to make a single-copy album as a work of fine art," the statement read.
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