New Interpretive Paradigm in Curating the Contemporary - Objects in Conversations, Fictional Language and Exhibition Design Interventions (Paperback)

Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Art - Installation / Action/Performance Art / Modern Art, grade: Distinction, Kingston University London (Kingston University London, in Partnership with the Design Museum, London, U.K.), course: MA Curating Contemporary Design, language: English, comment: "A well researched and well written essay. Your essay sets out to answer a number of pertinent and pressing questions for curating and the museum. From here, you offer a well-balanced critical argument for the shifting paradigm of contemporary curating. Your choice of references and case studies are very strong and work together to support the central argument of your essay. ...]Once again, you have demonstrated an awareness of the key debates in contemporary design curating and an ability to tackle challenging curatorial concepts - well done " - Donna Loveday, abstract: Curating contemporary exhibitions is now more than a profession of connoisseurship, but rather a creative and artistic venture. Due to a paradigm shift in the heart of interpretive ideology, exhibition-making is going more experimental even in museum context. One might observe that there is a changing status in museum objects, and a progressive transformation in the exhibitionary language - shifting from descriptive to fictional, poetic and novelistic. Artworks are also functioning as text initiating dialogues, while exhibition designs are no longer merely fabrications, but becoming artistic interventions that could re-contextualize the experience of space. Unprecedentedly, curators nowadays could embrace huge potentials in creating imaginative narratives for the present time, and thus, to further produce innovative museum experiences. This essay aims to examine the changing attitudes and assumptions in the new interpretive paradigm. Through three case studies, it goes on to uncover the dynamic interpretive strategies undertaken which have created various unique curatorial voices. Cases include: The Surrea

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Imprint:	Grin Verlag
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Margaret Choi Kwan Lam
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 3mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	44
ISBN-13:	978-3-656-56957-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Creative writing & creative writing guides Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General
LSN:	3-656-56957-6
Barcode:	9783656569572

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