{"product_id":"exhibition-experiments-hardback-9781405130769","title":"Exhibition Experiments (Hardback) 9781405130769","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eExhibition Experiments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSharon Macdonald (Edited by), MacDonald (Author), Paul Basu (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405130769, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 April 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.517 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“A challenging and fascinating book that theorizes exhibitions as media for encounter, enactment, experience, and the creation rather than the transmission of knowledge. It opens up a whole new way of thinking about the potential of galleries and museums. Essential reading.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEilean Hooper-Greenhill, University of Leicester \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This scintillating collection offers the most original treatment yet of experiment as an appealing, provoking ideology that has pulled together diverse critical approaches in the study of modern culture. An absorbing read all the way through.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge Marcus, University of California, Irvine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book combines stimulating essays by established scholars who have pioneered research into exhibitionary practice, with exciting and innovative chapters by younger scholars. It will be of equal relevance to museum professionals and the audiences who participate in the museum experience.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHoward Morphy, Australian National University\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eExhibition Experiments\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively collection that considers experiments with museological form that challenge our understanding of - and experience with - museums.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores examples of museum experimentalism in light of cutting-edge museum theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on a range of global and topical examples, including museum experimentation, exhibitionary forms, the fate of conventional notions of ‘object’ and ‘representation’, and the impact of these changes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together an international group of art historians, anthropologists, and sociologists to question traditional disciplinary boundaries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the impact of technology on the museum space\u003cbr\u003etackles a range of examples of experimentalism from many different countries, including Australia, Austria, Germany, Israel, Luxembourg, Sweden, the UK and the US\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the changes and challenging new possibilities facing museum studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTable of Contents. \u003cp\u003e1. Experiments in Exhibition, Ethnography, Art and Science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul Basu and Sharon Macdonald.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Legibility and Affect: Museums as New Media.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichelle Henning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Labrynthine Aesthetic in Contemporary Museum Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul Basu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Exhibition as Film.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMieke Bal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Experimenting with Representation: Iconoclash! and Making Things Public.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Weibel and Bruno Latour.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Walking on a Story Board, Performing Shared Incompetence. Exhibiting \"Science\" in the Public Realm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXperiment! - Bernd Kraeftner, Judith Kroell, and Isabel Warner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. From Capital to Enthusiasm: an Exhibitionary Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Politics of Display. Ann-Sofi Sidén’s WARTE MAL!, Art History and Social Documentary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA seminar with Laura Bear, Clare Carolin, Griselda Pollock and Ann-Sofi Sidén. Edited by Clare Carolin and Cathy Haynes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. From Exhibiting to Installing Ethnography: Experiments at the Museum of Anthropology of the University of Coimbra (Portugal) 1999-2005.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNuno Porto.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Raising Specters: Welcoming Hybrid Phantoms at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnne Lorimer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Exposing Expo: exhibition entrepreneurship and experimental reflexivity in late modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlexa Färber\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Museology \u0026amp; heritage studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Museology \u0026amp; heritage studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Museology%20\u0026amp;%20heritage%20studies%20%5BGM%5D%22\"\u003eGM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437765619992,"sku":"9781405130769","price":85.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405130769.jpg?v=1784938801","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/exhibition-experiments-hardback-9781405130769","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}