Storytelling Exhibitions
Identity, Truth and Wonder
Published on 9. September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-350-10593-5 (ISBN)
Description
Storytelling Exhibitions describes the role and practice of modern 'spatial storytellers' and looks at the potential of exhibitions to shape our understanding of the world. It explains how curators, designers, artists and scientists combine to tell powerful stories through exhibition design.
Exhibition designer and educator Philip Hughes shows how contemporary tools and technologies - digital reconstruction, 3D scanning and digital archives - interweave with traditional forms of informing, displaying and promoting to create powerful narrative spaces.
Whether telling stories of politics, trends, society, war, science or history, Storytelling Exhibitions provides inspiration and guidance on designing installations which change the way we think.
Examples included from:
Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, USA
Weltmuseum Wien, Austria
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, US
Lascaux: Centre International de l'Art Parietal in Montignac, France
Stapferhaus, Lenzburg, Switizerland
Micropia, Amsterdam, Netherlands
...and many more
Exhibition designer and educator Philip Hughes shows how contemporary tools and technologies - digital reconstruction, 3D scanning and digital archives - interweave with traditional forms of informing, displaying and promoting to create powerful narrative spaces.
Whether telling stories of politics, trends, society, war, science or history, Storytelling Exhibitions provides inspiration and guidance on designing installations which change the way we think.
Examples included from:
Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, USA
Weltmuseum Wien, Austria
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, US
Lascaux: Centre International de l'Art Parietal in Montignac, France
Stapferhaus, Lenzburg, Switizerland
Micropia, Amsterdam, Netherlands
...and many more
Reviews / Votes
A timely and comprehensive publication, replete with ideas and exemplary work. It is timely because it unpacks and explores many of the extraordinary challenges that the 21st century needs to address, such as climate change and social justice. -- Graeme Brooker, Royal College of Art, UKMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
200 colour illus
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 187 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
534 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-10593-5 (9781350105935)
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Person
Philip Hughes is an exhibition designer. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, he has designed exhibitions for museums around the world, most recently for Ralph Appelbaum Associates. He has also taught design at a number of universities in the UK, where he lives and works.
Content
1 - Story
Dynamic area of practice
Breaking with convention
Why story?
Developing the story
Expressing the 'Big Idea'
Who is it for?
Can tech provide 'super powers' for the future exhibition?
A fundamental part of exhibitions
2 - Authorship
Who can make an exhibition?
Is the world of exhibitions changing?
Empowering 'activist' exhibitions
Curation and co-curation
Museums working with their communities
Contested histories
3 - Exhibits
The 'ingredients' of exhibitions
Contemporary collecting and the 'activist' exhibition
Using exhibition assets
The 'stuff' of future exhibitions
4 - Identity
Museums of identity
A new narrative
An opportunity
The complex legacies of world museums
Repatriation
A new chapter for the storytelling exhibition
5 - Wonder
The feeling of 'awe'
Fun
6 - Truth
A raging dispute
Reconstructing events
Superpowers
Using new techniques to represent people, the possibilities of new technologies
Exploring fake news
The future of the real
7 - Virtual
Going online
Making a virtual exhibition from scratch
How artists reach their audiences
Translating the viral success of a video into tangible benefits
The impact of Covid-19
An online exhibition
Virtual tours
A 'live' platform
How museums can use new platforms
Standout online exhibitions
An 'elastic' approach
8 - Future
A future story
The increased use of digital collections in museums
Communication of wonder
Museums and truth
Balancing physical and online experience
Sustainability
Exhibition makers of tomorrow
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Credits
Index
Dynamic area of practice
Breaking with convention
Why story?
Developing the story
Expressing the 'Big Idea'
Who is it for?
Can tech provide 'super powers' for the future exhibition?
A fundamental part of exhibitions
2 - Authorship
Who can make an exhibition?
Is the world of exhibitions changing?
Empowering 'activist' exhibitions
Curation and co-curation
Museums working with their communities
Contested histories
3 - Exhibits
The 'ingredients' of exhibitions
Contemporary collecting and the 'activist' exhibition
Using exhibition assets
The 'stuff' of future exhibitions
4 - Identity
Museums of identity
A new narrative
An opportunity
The complex legacies of world museums
Repatriation
A new chapter for the storytelling exhibition
5 - Wonder
The feeling of 'awe'
Fun
6 - Truth
A raging dispute
Reconstructing events
Superpowers
Using new techniques to represent people, the possibilities of new technologies
Exploring fake news
The future of the real
7 - Virtual
Going online
Making a virtual exhibition from scratch
How artists reach their audiences
Translating the viral success of a video into tangible benefits
The impact of Covid-19
An online exhibition
Virtual tours
A 'live' platform
How museums can use new platforms
Standout online exhibitions
An 'elastic' approach
8 - Future
A future story
The increased use of digital collections in museums
Communication of wonder
Museums and truth
Balancing physical and online experience
Sustainability
Exhibition makers of tomorrow
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Credits
Index