Joel Garreau explores the future of museums in the digital age in an incredibly thought-provoking, philosophical investigation of the role of museums in society...
If we can access a white-laser virtual model of the Mona Lisa at a resolution of 10 microns from our personal computer, why bother getting shoved around and consumed by the crush of tourists at the Louvre only to get no closer than 3 feet? Maxwell L. Anderson, CEO of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, argued, art museums increasingly "are to their detriment places that privilege entertainment over learning." (Take that MoMA!) What's the point of going to a museum today?
Read the article in the Washington Post
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For the crowds...
And the personal impact.
I wonder if Polshek is designing this one too?
http://archinect.com/news/article.php?id=64615_0_24_0_C
Also,
Exactly!
"While the markets for virtual experience grow exponentially, they also push extreme devotees in the opposite direction -- toward the authentic.
On any given weekend, tens of millions watch sports electronically from their couches. Yet 91,665 people pack FedEx Field because the communal experience is so intense."
We inhabit the world in a physical body, and we feel an empathetic resonance - the "magic" spoken of in the article - with other physical objects in their presence.
IMO that won't change, but an appreciation of it could definitely be better cultivated in our society.
yup, the Newseum is indeed a Polshek project.
http://www.polshek.com/prog_news.htm
i think it was Gertrude Stein who said, "I like museums. I like to look out their windows."
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