NPF 567 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mass Society, Diane Arbus, Cabinet Of Curiosities

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Media Studies
• Course: NPF 567
• Professor: Kathleen Pirrie- Adams

Document Summary

What is exhibition practice: started as museum studies. * realization that people had to be trained: traditionally, exhibition as interpretation of collection + education, visitors, marketing; * consensus that the purpose was to promote civil society and support democracy. * ex as a public event in mass society; not just art, but also other stuff communicating with citizens = part of exhibition with its own rhetoric, e. g. pop culture inputs, historical inputs that are not separate from art. * exhibitions think about world issues as well. * signification, presentation of ideas = political via legitimation and domination: curatorial studies. * curator is an artist with a vision and praxis. * political reading: ex has potential to introduce ideas about signification, domination, legitimation. * make a difference unlike cultural studies, which is just critique. * ex is a medium of public discourse. * politics: museum reflects and produces politics = curatorial and cultural studies.