Museums and environments
Last week I ended up going to a very interesting lecture at the NY Public Library. It was a lecture about the work of the architects and artists Herzog & de Meuron at the Moma. ( A curatorial proposal-instalation). Among other things and thoughts have reconceived the museum as an encounter between public and private space and as collaboration between architecture and art.
Herzog speaks of the new museum complex as a place where the world of art can express itself in the most direct and radical way- in spaces . . . that stimulate people to concentrate on the perception of Art. Their sensitivity to the needs of a museum as an arena for public interaction with ideas and as a place to foster the private experience of art makes it an ideal partner for the Walker Art Center’s expansion into the 21st century.
In the lecture given by the architect Nader Vossoughian, he pointed out the idea of a museum like the Moma seeing as something more than a space to exhibit works of art. He talked about the goals of H&dM when designing spaces. They do not design places as physical objects, they create environments.
Regarding the specify project at the Moma called Perception Restrained the lecturer also pointed out some experiences that the H&dM create in the Museum “to intensify the viewer experience, rendering it more memorable and personal than that of a conventional gallery setting.
1. Hiding the work of art in order to show more.
2. Fragmenting it in order to capture more attention
3. Disorganize it
4. Use of mirror in order to “personalize” the experience of users when looking the work of art. “ By obstruction and putting pressure on perception the viewing experience is intensified and becomes more enduring, more selective and more individual.
This lecture made me think of the idea of working with Museums again. I realized that maybe my constant thinking about architecture and interventions ( that I still consider very interesting) is so broad and too ambitious and it isn’t let me focus on solving a more manageable problem. An specific problem could be related again with museum, and signage. I showed my Moma’s project to some people and they found it very interesting and with a lot of potential. I will try to think more in micro instead of macro.
Herzog speaks of the new museum complex as a place where the world of art can express itself in the most direct and radical way- in spaces . . . that stimulate people to concentrate on the perception of Art. Their sensitivity to the needs of a museum as an arena for public interaction with ideas and as a place to foster the private experience of art makes it an ideal partner for the Walker Art Center’s expansion into the 21st century.
In the lecture given by the architect Nader Vossoughian, he pointed out the idea of a museum like the Moma seeing as something more than a space to exhibit works of art. He talked about the goals of H&dM when designing spaces. They do not design places as physical objects, they create environments.
Regarding the specify project at the Moma called Perception Restrained the lecturer also pointed out some experiences that the H&dM create in the Museum “to intensify the viewer experience, rendering it more memorable and personal than that of a conventional gallery setting.
1. Hiding the work of art in order to show more.
2. Fragmenting it in order to capture more attention
3. Disorganize it
4. Use of mirror in order to “personalize” the experience of users when looking the work of art. “ By obstruction and putting pressure on perception the viewing experience is intensified and becomes more enduring, more selective and more individual.
This lecture made me think of the idea of working with Museums again. I realized that maybe my constant thinking about architecture and interventions ( that I still consider very interesting) is so broad and too ambitious and it isn’t let me focus on solving a more manageable problem. An specific problem could be related again with museum, and signage. I showed my Moma’s project to some people and they found it very interesting and with a lot of potential. I will try to think more in micro instead of macro.
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