The Art >and care< of Curating Online
Published on April 4th, 2021
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Through the concept of care, this presentation will examine how online curating challenges traditional models and methods for presenting, accessing and distributing art by discussing the use of space, collaboration and networked curating. It will also ask how these practices challenge established museological values and precipitate alternative ways of understanding art stewardship, curatorial authority and public access.
International Conference, 22 and 23 April 2021
Lisbon, online
At a time of greater and ever deeper interest in the impact of information technologies on contemporary society, the International Conference on Art, Museums and Digital Cultures aims to provide a space for the discussion of current issues and projects relating to the crossover between artistic practices and the institutional sphere, with a particular focus on art museums.
The main objective is therefore to discuss the way in which digital technologies have contributed to the creation of new territories and stimulated different innovations in artistic production, curatorial practices and museum spaces. Furthermore, considering that technological systems are also a social and cultural construct, an attempt will be made to investigate the circumstances under which contemporary art and museums have formulated new challenges and paved the way for new scientific developments.
The conference will thus bring together a range of artistic, critical and scientific perspectives, affording visibility to recent or ongoing research works in various countries and cultural contexts.
This conference is a collaboration between maat — Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology and the Institute of Art History (School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa), under the scope of its Art, Museums and Digital Cultures cluster.
DAY 2 | 23 APRIL 2021
Panel 3 – Alternative Ways of Curating, between Crisis and Collaboration
João Paulo Serafim – The Endless Task of Taxonomy [PT]
Annet Dekker – The Art of Curating Online [NL]
Jasmin Pfefferkorn – Collaboration in a Time of Crisis: Art Museums and Digital Solidarity [AU]
Morten Søndergaard – Museums in an Age of Posthuman Crisis: Biotechnics, Mediation and Meta-curating [DK]
Debate
Moderator: Juan Martín Prada [ES]
[Session with simultaneous interpretation into Portuguese]
Annet Dekker – The Art and Care of Curating Online
When museums began turning their curatorial attention towards the web, these new exhibitions effectively mirrored their offline efforts, but simply in digitised form. Usually, this form of digital curating was characterised by an approach to the display of artworks that presented rows of thumbnail images to the user with catalogue descriptions attached, enabling them to make selections for viewing based on themes, genres, periods or artists. At the same time, artists, designers and independent curators started moving beyond the standardised white cube galleries and began exploring the seemingly boundless and unrestricted space of the web. Through the concept of care, this presentation will examine how online curating challenges traditional models and methods for presenting, accessing and distributing art by discussing the use of space, collaboration and networked curating. It will also ask how these practices challenge established museological values and precipitate alternative ways of understanding art stewardship, curatorial authority and public access.
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