"Sand and stone are Earth's fragmented memory. Each of us, too, is a landscape inscribed by memory and loss."
-Lauret Savoy
With the semester coming to an end, concerns on how to present my work at the residency in June have come to the fore. Since the beginning of the semester, the systems employed by natural history and anthropological museums to present narratives have informed my work. During this time, I've created objects with the intention of presenting them using methods of display typical of those institutions.
After spending time visiting museums this semester and revisiting images from museums I've been to in the past, my goal is to take a closer look at the language of display. What do I respond to most? What about the presentation warrants that response and why? Does the way a collection is arranged reveal clues about how it will be interpreted by the viewer?
My Tumblr blog has served as an archive for images I've taken of museum displays. Some of my favorites are posted below. I also recently started a Pinterest board to archive images of artist's work that use methods that I find inspiring in terms of display and presentation.
After spending time visiting museums this semester and revisiting images from museums I've been to in the past, my goal is to take a closer look at the language of display. What do I respond to most? What about the presentation warrants that response and why? Does the way a collection is arranged reveal clues about how it will be interpreted by the viewer?
My Tumblr blog has served as an archive for images I've taken of museum displays. Some of my favorites are posted below. I also recently started a Pinterest board to archive images of artist's work that use methods that I find inspiring in terms of display and presentation.
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| Tellus Science Museum - pedestals at alternating heights |
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| National Center for Civil and Human Rights - interactive image and text display |
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| Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - tabletop diorama |
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| Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - Dia de los Muertos cabinet display |
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| Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - Dia de los Muertos cabinet display (detail) |
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| Harvard Museum of Natural History - covered pedestal display |
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| Harvard Museum of Natural History - tabletop Plexiglas box display |
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| Harvard Museum of Natural History - botanical table display |
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| Harvard Museum of Natural History - botanical diagram displayed above table |
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| Harvard Museum of Natural History - specimen jars illuminated from below |
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| National Museum of the American Indian - combining image and object |
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| National Museum of the American Indian - wall text |
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| Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - wall display includes objects, diagrams and wall text |
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