Title: Points of Departure: Curators and Educators Collaborate to Prototype a "Museum of the Future".
Abstract:Art museum curators and educators worked closely together to develop Points qf' Departure, an exhibition in which artworks and educational media were seamlessly integrated. Four multimedia prototypes ...Art museum curators and educators worked closely together to develop Points qf' Departure, an exhibition in which artworks and educational media were seamlessly integrated. Four multimedia prototypes were developed and deployed i n the galleries: interactive .srnurt taDle,s featuring curatorial video introductions to each of the six exhibition themes; handheld iPAQ Gallery E,xplorer PDAs displaying video clips of featured artists; a Flash-based Make Your Own Gallery activity in which visitors were invited to curate their own exhibition and comment on it; and Muking Sense qf Modern Art, a kiosk (and Web-) based program providing in-depth treatment of the artworks on display and the issues that surround them. Evaluation of visitor response to these varied educational technologies is currently underway and will be reported at the 1CMlM conference in Milan.Read More
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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