tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254410590157839056.post8742801742077050426..comments2024-03-08T07:05:03.941+13:00Comments on Best of 3: The engagement era - and the artist's place within itCourtney Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634389572794209243noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254410590157839056.post-81546388322818551672016-02-14T08:33:32.439+13:002016-02-14T08:33:32.439+13:00Seb - I'm fascinated by what you guys are doin...Seb - I'm fascinated by what you guys are doing at ACMI at the moment with the plan to open up working space for people working in the moving image and film industries able to mix with your staff, and everyone to learn from each other. It seems like an opportunity to create a rich and supportive and possibly even more focused, innovative and efficient environment for creation.<br /><br />Seph - I really appreciate you getting in touch here, your recent online pieces have given me a framework that's been incredibly helpful in turning a group of connected but inchoate ideas and observations into a set of propositions that I can actually start working with.Courtney Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634389572794209243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254410590157839056.post-32610787204024956652016-02-13T19:59:57.081+13:002016-02-13T19:59:57.081+13:00This is a good, thoughtful piece. Yes, a very vali...This is a good, thoughtful piece. Yes, a very valid way to talk about what museum experiences are now is to describe them as visitor-led. This is the era of the visitor, clearly.Seph Rodneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767455922552736732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254410590157839056.post-28761964362359704322016-02-12T13:29:34.895+13:002016-02-12T13:29:34.895+13:00[I should really write a proper blogpost in respon...[I should really write a proper blogpost in response but time keeps on slipping . . . ]<br /><br />One of the best things in this regard was the beta_space collaboration at Powerhouse in Sydney. This ran for a number of years and enabled media artists to 'beta test' their interactive art works and get 'usability' feedback as they developed their works . . . . <br /><br />See paper from Turnbull, Connell & Edmonds - http://www.idc.ul.ie/techmuseums11/paper/paper18.pdf<br /><br />There were plenty of examples of the artists involved developing better works as a result of this - and was a really good way of the museum itself creating value for all invovled. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681145721859128695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254410590157839056.post-63776377720015721672016-02-12T00:26:46.288+13:002016-02-12T00:26:46.288+13:00I've always found the lack of 'usability&#...I've always found the lack of 'usability' thinking in museums very frustrating, so it's helpful to see its recency within a longer historic perspective. I see now that it's a mix of: a change in approach, in parallel with a change in audience expectations.<br /><br />But then saying some exhibitions "tick so many boxes" brings this thinking back into perspective... in pandering to the "me", does that make museums only in the infotainment business now? The danger of infotainment is a race to the bland.<br /><br />It's a reminder that the difference between an infotainment media company and a museum is the strength of curation. Museums don't just do what people <b>want</b> them to, but what they <b>need</b> them to too. Unfortunately, this wider public-good role is less appealing (to funders and patrons), but if museums don't challenge us with confronting works and themes, who will? You're out of luck if your work doesn't meet the infotainment mould - will losing a platform force them back underground until we have another renaissance age of enlightenment (to realise it's not just "all about me")?<br /><br />Anyway, as always it's about finding the right balance. If there is little or no appetite for the confronting, maybe the only option is to slip bits in here and there within a happier infotainment structure?staplegunnoreply@blogger.com