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MUSEUM MAKING CREATING WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES
IN ART MUSEUMS
Desi Gonzalez
April 7, 2015
Comparative Media Studies, MIT
@desigonz // museummaking.com
Image: met media lab. Drop ceiling, fluorescent lights
• Image: 3d prints
• Oculus rift headset
Image: met media lab. Drop ceiling, fluorescent lights
MUSEUM MAKING
WHY ART MUSEUMS?
• Snapshots from three museum making sites
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEMuseum making:
John Sloan, Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1908. Etching, plate: 7 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (18.7 x 22.2 cm) sheet: 12 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (32.9 x 35.4 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• New art making programs
• Copyist programs at the met
When I talk about the maker movement, I make an effort to stay away from the word “inventor”—most people just don’t identify themselves that way. “Maker,” on the other hand, describes each one of us, no matter how we live our lives or what our goals might be. We all are makers: as cooks preparing food for our families, as gardeners, as knitters.
—Dale Dougherty, “The Maker Movement,” Innovations 7, no. 3 (2012): 11.
NAVIGATING THE INSTITUTIONHow does museum making happen?
Image: met media lab. Drop ceiling, fluorescent lights
• Makerbot hackathon w/ logo
THE VALUE OF TECHNOLOGY
“we’re not technology specialists, we’re learning specialists”
• PEM space: 3d printing, books, artmaking
• Poop stamp
Art + Tech Lab artists en route to Jet Propulsion Labs © Taeyoon Choi
TO SUMMARIZE:
• Historical precedents: – museums as sites of art making
– hacker and maker cultures
• Expand what’s culturally valuable while maintaining authoritative status
• Build capacity despite limited funding and access to emerging technologies
• Bring an ethos of playfulness, experimentation, and flexibility into the museum
WHICH AUDIENCES?So…
THANK YOU!@desigonz // museummaking.com