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This presentation is about Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel's exhibition "Making Things Public" and asks the question of how this show related to the concept of critical museum and ideas of the New Museology.
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Philosopher in the museum
Zofia Płoska8th December 2011
Topic
• Theoretical framework: new museology and the concept of critical museum
• Case: Exhibition Making Things Public. Atmospheres of Democracy, ZKM Karlsruhe, 2005 curators: Bruno Latour & Peter Weibel
Research Questions
• Was Latour’s exhibition a materialization of critical museum concept?
• Can Actor-network theory propose solutions to the problems faced by critical museology?
New Museology
• roots in late 1960’s artistic institutional critiques
• close relation with New Art History movement• name - “The New Museology”, Peter Vergo,
1989
Main ideas
• denaturalisation of an institution (museums as ideological constructions)
• problematisation of artistic value
• analysis of a social, political and cultural context of museum practice
Concept of critical museum
• aim - to show problems and ask questions;to expose complexities and contradictions of objects
• empowerment of a visitor (active participation)
• transparency of decision making process (self-reflective position)
• embedded in and owned by community
• representation of different groups
Philosophical issues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5s264AjaXI
• From “objects” to “things”
• Problem of representation (political, scientific, artistic)
• Question of democratic assemblies
Exhibition Space
Phantom Public, Michel Jaffrenou, Thierry Coduys, 2005
Is it a critical show?