Abstract
How can exhibitions function as mediums for research? How can artistic research contribute to art museums? What is the research value of immersive exhibitions? What is the role of the sensory experience in gathering and disseminating knowledge in the museum? What is the function and position of public programs as curatorial models for research and knowledge production? And how does the public contribute to the museum’s knowledge production?
Highlights
How can exhibitions function as mediums for research? How can artistic research contribute to art museums? What is the research value of immersive exhibitions? What is the role of the sensory experience in gathering and disseminating knowledge in the museum? What is the function and position of public programs as curatorial models for research and knowledge production? And how does the public contribute to the museum’s knowledge production?
These were some of the core questions addressed at the conference Between the Discursive and the Immersive: Research in the 21st Century Art Museum (3–4 December, 2015, co-organized by the Louisiana Museum in Humblebaeck, the University of Aarhus, and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam)
The artistic strategies of environments, user involvement, and performativity, which formed part of the “theatrical turn” of art in the 1960s and ’70s, and were originally conceived as critical strategies challenging the institutional givens and ideological assumptions of the white cube model, are today fully embraced by many institutions as methods of attracting and engaging publics whose habits are shaped by a broader culture of entertainment, events, and interactivity
Summary
These were some of the core questions addressed at the conference Between the Discursive and the Immersive: Research in the 21st Century Art Museum (3–4 December, 2015, co-organized by the Louisiana Museum in Humblebaeck, the University of Aarhus, and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam). A major part of the knowledge production in twenty-first-century art museums results in the creation of spectacular exhibitions and collection displays, designed to offer audiences unique, immersive experiences.
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