On week seven, we had our first round of class presentations. These presentations covered a variety of topics, but all were well related to the theoretical framework that was established in class.
Britt’s presentation was first, and she discussed the experience of the old Dutch master’s paintings in the post museum setting. This was interesting because it questioned how the classic museum and classic paintings can be presented in the “post museum.” Britt’s two case studies were examples of a Dutch master’s paintings being interacted with in a less traditional way. Her theoretical framework focused on participatory pedagogy and the pathways of engagement within the museum setting. Next, Alex discussed narrativity in exhibition design. She wants to focus on Francis Alÿs’, Children’s Games exhibition and the Béla Tarr, Till the End of the World exhibition, both exhibitions were at the EYE Museum. When looking at the exhibition design, Alex will focus on layout, structure, visuals, objects and how these are used in the exhibition space. The next presentation was myself. I focused on the Instagram museum and what these mean for the museum of the future. My theoretical framework focused on Michelle Henning and the switch between object led to experience led museum environments. I introduced three cases, one an Instagram museum, one experience-based exhibition within the white cube and the last was a curated art collection that is within a mall. All these examples question the museum as an institution and how the problematic elements of the traditional, 19th century museum will change in the future.
After a break, Sjoerd discussed contemporary cinema in the exhibition space. His case study was a documentary film that also acted as an exhibition. I think that this was a very interesting concept and I was interested in knowing and perhaps seeing one of these movies myself in the future to see how an exhibition would be presented in a film. In the past, theater has been recorded and put into a film, so why not museum exhibitions? Next, Hannah presented a very interesting topic of the fashion museum and how exhibitions about fashion are attracting young audiences. This presentation brought up the question of if museums are using these fashion exhibitions as a way to gain sponsorship from fashion brands. I thought that Hanna’s question about if the cross modality of fashion can elevate it to the status of fine art was also very interesting. Next, was Tim’s presentation about museums and relevance. His theoretical framework focused on Bast’s text which discusses that museums must remain relevant for societies in the future. In his paper, he wants to focus on if audience participation could advance the relevance of the exhibition in Francis Alÿs’, Children’s Games exhibition.
Noordje’s presentation focused on sound within the exhibition space and what sound adds to the exhibition space as well as how sound is engaging to the audience and turns the exhibition visitor into a more active viewer. Next, Janilda discussed the spatial dimensions of Andrei Tarkovsky’s cinema and how that was transferred into an exhibition setting. Lastly, Gökçe discussed similar ideas to my presentation but in a more digital setting. She discusses Henning’s ideas about the museum becoming less object based and more experience based. She gave a few examples that were digitally immersive and presented the museum as a medium.
Written by Sofia
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