On Display - Case study #1: Object
Friday, Mar 22, 20136:32 AMEDT
| 2 Columbus Circle New York, NY
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In the future... What will museums choose to display? How will people experience objects? What will museums say about objects? Please join us Thursday at MAD for a conversation about the future of museums with special guests including designer Ayse Birsel, writer and archivist Zachary Sachs, art consultant Bridget Murphy, and more. An interactive installation will evolve during the event to reflect the course of conversation and audience comments. More info. below! The event is free and open to the public. Those attending can choose to be listed as contributors in the final On Display publication, and the public will also be able to participate in the conversation remotely via Twitter: @superscriptco #OnDisplay On Display Case study #1: Object Thursday, March 21, 7:00pm Museum of Arts and Design 2 Columbus Circle +++ What can a stool, a room of robots, and Columbus Circle tell us about the future of museums? Superscript + HAO + Neil Donnelly host a series of three public conversations where historical milestones of the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)—ranging from a design object, to a curated show, to the physical location of MAD itself—serve as starting points for a conversation about the future of museums. The in-gallery discussions, held on Thursday evenings when the museum is free to the public, will be supported by a live-edited, interactive installation on display in the Museum’s second-floor gallery space. Questions, opinions, and findings from this set of events encouraging audience participation will, in turn, evolve into a publication containing critical reflections on the role ahead for museums within an ever-evolving, increasingly digital-bound society. On Display at MAD is part of The Home Front 2013: After the Museum, March 12-June 9, 2013. Case study #1: Object For The Global Africa Project, a 2010 exhibition on African visual culture today, MAD included the Taboo stool by the industrial design firm Birsel + Seck. Made of 75 percent recycled plastic and manufactured by a female-owned company in designer Bibi Seck’s birthplace of Senegal, Taboo was a groundbreaking design object in multiple ways, as was MAD’s choice to present the modest object amid an array of visually dazzling pieces. Using the Taboo stool as a starting point, we will discuss questions about the future of objects in museums. Save the Dates: Case study #2: Exhibition Thursday, April 18, 7:00pm Case study #3: Location Thursday, May 9, 7:00pm
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