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Exhibition experiments / edited by Sharon Macdonald and Paul Basu.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New interventions in art historyPublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.Description: xiii, 254 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1405130776 (pbk.)
  • 9781405130776 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 708 BLA
Contents:
Notes on contributors -- Introduction : experiments in exhibition, ethnography, art, and science / Paul Basu and Sharon Macdonald -- Legibility and affect : museums as new media / Michelle Henning -- The labyrinthine aesthetic in contemporary museum design / Paul Basu -- Exhibition as film / Mieke Bal -- Experimenting with representation : iconoclash and making things public / Peter Weibel and Bruno Latour -- Walking on a storyboard, performing shared incompetence : exhibiting science in the public realm : xperiment! / Bernd Kraeftner, Judith Kroell, and Isabel Warner -- From capital to enthusiasm : an exhibitionary practice / Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska -- The politics of display : Ann-Sofi Sidén\'s Warte mal!, art history and social documentary : a seminar with Laura Bea, Clare Carolin, Griselda Pollock, and Ann-Sofi Sidén / edited by Clare Carolin and Cathy Haynes -- From exhibiting to installing ethnography : experiments at the Museum of Anthropology of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, 1999-2005 / Nuno Porto -- Raising specters : welcoming hybrid phantoms at Chicago\'s Museum of Science and Industry / Anne Lorimer -- Exposing expo : exhibition entrepreneurship and experimental reflexivity in late modernity / Alexa Färber.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Exhibition Experiments is a lively collection that considers experiments with museological form that challenge our understanding of - and experience with - museums.

Explores examples of museum experimentalism in light of cutting-edge museum theory Draws on a range of global and topical examples, including museum experimentation, exhibitionary forms, the fate of conventional notions of 'object' and 'representation', and the impact of these changes Brings together an international group of art historians, anthropologists, and sociologists to question traditional disciplinary boundaries Considers the impact of technology on the museum space
tackles a range of examples of experimentalism from many different countries, including Australia, Austria, Germany, Israel, Luxembourg, Sweden, the UK and the US Examines the changes and challenging new possibilities facing museum studies

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Notes on contributors -- Introduction : experiments in exhibition, ethnography, art, and science / Paul Basu and Sharon Macdonald -- Legibility and affect : museums as new media / Michelle Henning -- The labyrinthine aesthetic in contemporary museum design / Paul Basu -- Exhibition as film / Mieke Bal -- Experimenting with representation : iconoclash and making things public / Peter Weibel and Bruno Latour -- Walking on a storyboard, performing shared incompetence : exhibiting science in the public realm : xperiment! / Bernd Kraeftner, Judith Kroell, and Isabel Warner -- From capital to enthusiasm : an exhibitionary practice / Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska -- The politics of display : Ann-Sofi Sidén\'s Warte mal!, art history and social documentary : a seminar with Laura Bea, Clare Carolin, Griselda Pollock, and Ann-Sofi Sidén / edited by Clare Carolin and Cathy Haynes -- From exhibiting to installing ethnography : experiments at the Museum of Anthropology of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, 1999-2005 / Nuno Porto -- Raising specters : welcoming hybrid phantoms at Chicago\'s Museum of Science and Industry / Anne Lorimer -- Exposing expo : exhibition entrepreneurship and experimental reflexivity in late modernity / Alexa Färber.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of Illustrations (p. vii)
  • Notes on Contributors (p. ix)
  • Introduction: Experiments in Exhibition, Ethnography, Art, and Science (p. 1)
  • 1 Legibility and Affect: Museums as New Media (p. 25)
  • 2 The Labyrinthine Aesthetic in Contemporary Museum Design (p. 47)
  • 3 Exhibition as Film (p. 71)
  • 4 Experimenting with Representation: Iconoclash and Making Things Public (p. 94)
  • 5 Walking on a Storyboard, Performing Shared Incompetence: Exhibiting "Science" in the Public Realm (p. 109)
  • 6 From Capital to Enthusiasm: an Exhibitionary Practice (p. 132)
  • 7 The Politics of Display: Ann-Sofi Siden's Warte Mal!, Art History and Social Documentary (p. 154)
  • 8 From Exhibiting to Installing Ethnography: Experiments at the Museum of Anthropology of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, 1999-2005 (p. 175)
  • 9 Raising Specters: Welcoming Hybrid Phantoms at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry (p. 197)
  • 10 Exposing Expo: Exhibition Entrepreneurship and Experimental Reflexivity in Late Modernity (p. 219)
  • Index (p. 240)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Sharon Macdonald is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. She is author of Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum (2002), and editor of A Companion to Museum Studies (Blackwell 2006) and Theorizing Museums (with G. Fyfe, Blackwell 1996).

Paul Basu is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sussex. An active exhibition experimenter, he is author of Highland Homecomings (2007).

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