hmmmm. At the Walker, there is a space called the Andersen Window
Gallery (http://www.walkerart.org/programs/andersen/), which is
intended as a hybrid space and is, I would say, hit-and-miss as a more
informal space. Fundamentally, it is a table in a room lined with
multi-media devices (video display, computers, slide shows, text,
images, etc.) But when we showed Dan Graham's Three Linked
Cubes/Interior Design for Space Showing Videos 1986
(http://www.walkerart.org/va/letsentertain/le_artframe.html) or
various older U.S. sitcoms with bean bag chairs in front of tvs as
part of the home show
(http://www.walkerart.org/programs/vaexhibhomeshow.html), they were
always being used, it seemed. It definitely wasn't a bar scene, but
there was use, which is probably the goal.
I wonder if "soft furniture" is, in fact, an interesting strategy.
Graham talks about this in the context of tv and video in an essay at
http://thegalleriesatmoore.org/publications/grahamdg.shtml.
s
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curating digital art - www.newmedia.sunderland.ac.uk/crumb/
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Matt Locke
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 8:24 AM
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> Subject: Re: baltic new media curating seminar
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>
> At 13:10 12/05/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >Matt+
> >I agree with you that the experience of the whole
> place/space must be
> >taken into account, but it sounds like you're suggesting
> that museums
> >can't/shouldn't create informal or "non-religious" spaces,
> which being
> >in the process of "experience planning" for a Herzog & de
> >Meuron-designed addition to the Walker, I would disagree with.
>
>
> hi steve,
>
> i wasn't trying to say that museums shouldn't create
> informal spaces, just
> that this process needs to take into account the whole
> building. If you're
> working with architects on a whole new wing, that sounds
> like the right way
> to approach these issues. also, the FACT centre in
> liverpool is trying to
> come up with architectural solutions to a range of participatory
> conditions, from cinemas to 'medialounges' (although clive
> hates that
> term!) and production workshops.
>
> I was thinking about when i went to see 'tech-nicks' in
> sheffield, and how
> different the 'ambience' of this mobile participatory project was in
> different locations. In the backspace-like RTI access
> space, the ambience
> of the space (very informal, low-tech and acessible) matched what
> techn-nicks were trying to acheive really well. The Site
> gallery, who have
> recently built a gorgeous new white-cube space that is
> superb for showing
> photography and installtions, had used informal furniture (including
> bean-bags!), artists at work, magazines, books, etc, but no
> matter how
> informal and accessible it was supposed to be, the austere
> architecture
> made it look like an exhibit, not a place you were likely
> to get dirty and
> play around in.
>
>
>
> matt
>
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------
> Matt Locke
> Artistic Director
> The Media Centre, Huddersfield
> www.test.org.uk
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