The Art Museum in the Digital Age
Das Kunstmuseum im digitalen Zeitalter
Published on Monday, December 13, 2021
Abstract
The Belvedere Research Center is continuing its conference series on the digital transformation of art museums with its fourth event on the topic. During the COVID-19-lockdowns, the digital presence of museums was no longer merely one possible extension of exhibition spaces, but rather the only way to reach the public. While our conference in 2021 focused on the crisis-related (re)turn to one’s own collections, this time it shifts to questions beyond binary concepts, such as media specificity, hybridity, and mixed reality. In five thematic blocks, the lectures deal with how the digital and the analog can be productively, conceptually, and aesthetically interwoven in a museum setting.
Announcement
Presentation
The Belvedere Research Center is continuing its conference series on the digital transformation of art museums with its fourth event on the topic. During the COVID-19-lockdowns, the digital presence of museums was no longer merely one possible extension of exhibition spaces, but rather the only way to reach the public. While our conference in 2021 focused on the crisis-related (re)turn to one’s own collections, this time it shifts to questions beyond binary concepts, such as media specificity, hybridity, and mixed reality. In five thematic blocks, the lectures deal with how the digital and the analog can be productively, conceptually, and aesthetically interwoven in a museum setting. We are delighted that Max Hollein, the director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is our keynote speaker.
Program
Mon, 17.01.2022
- 17:00 : Welcome & Introduction : Stella Rollig; Christian Huemer; Anna-Marie Kroupova (Belvedere, Vienna)
Panel 1: Audience Engagement
Moderation: Sabine Fauland (Austrian Museums Association, Graz)
- 17:20 : Everyone’s and Just Yours. Wikimedia, Audience, and Openness at the National Gallery of Art, Washington : Benjamin Zweig (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.)
- 17:45 : Die MuseumsMenschen-App im Schaudepot. Ein intergeneratives, partizipatives Pilotprojekt an der Schnittstelle von analog und digital : Hanna Brinkmann; Anja Grebe (Donau-Universität Krems); Melanie N. Lopin (Stadtmuseum Korneuburg)
- 18:10 : Sonic Enhancement of Virtual Exhibits : Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco; Michael Tymkiw (University of Essex)
19:00 : Keynote Lecture
Moderation: Christian Huemer (Belvedere, Vienna)
- The Universal Museum and its Digital Expansion : Max Hollein (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Tue, 18.01.2022
Panel 2: Interwoven Worlds
Moderation: Nicole High-Steskal (Danube University Krems)
- 17:00 : Das Verhältnis von original-digital-virtuell : Werner Schweibenz (MusIS, Universität Konstanz)
- 17:25 : Digital Ekphrasis. Creating Emily Dickinson’s Cultural Heritage : Kayla Shipp (Emory University, Atlanta)
- 17:50 : Virealität. Modus Operandi digitaler Kunstvermittlung der Hamburger Kunsthalle : Anja Gebauer; Katharina Hoins; Andrea Weniger (Hamburger Kunsthalle)
- 18:15 : Rethinking the Collection Catalogue. Hybrid Publishing at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art : Brigid M. Boyle (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City)
Wed, 19.01.2022
Panel 3: Strategic Dimensions
Moderation: Anna-Marie Kroupova (Belvedere, Vienna)
- 17:00 : Surfen als Bedingung von Online-Kunstrezeption. Ausstellungsformate im Spannungsfeld digitaler Infrastrukturen : Heiko Schmid (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste; Hochschule Luzern)
- 17:25 : Eine Kategorisierung von Augmented Reality in der Museumspraxis : Carina Doppler; Jakob Ossmann; Kasra Seirafi (Fluxguide, Wien)
- 17:50 : Emerging Virtual Spaces. Alternative Models for Displaying Collections Online : Ellen Charlesworth (Durham University)
- 18:15 : Kryptokunst & Museum. Beispiele einer Beziehung : Carola Korhummel (Universität Wien)
Thu, 20.01.2022
Panel 4: Sociopolitical Relevance
Moderation: Chiara Zuanni (University of Graz)
- 17:00 : Computing the Museum. Experiments in Algorithmic Co-curation : Giulia Taurino (Northeastern University, Boston)
- 17:25 : Museums and the Future Social Web : Lukas Fuchsgruber (Technische Universität Berlin)
- 17:50 : „NOOOO PUT ME BACK I was next in line for the immersive van gogh exhibit“. Immersion: zur performativen und partizipativen Rezeption historischer Kunst : Charlotte Reuß (Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien)
- 18:15 : User Experience of Art Exhibition in the „New Normality“. Innovative Methods of Research in Terms of Global Change : Marta Świetlik (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw)
Fri, 21.01.2022
- 14:00 : Workshops (Round Tables)
Depending on the current covid-19 situation, the workshops will take place either on site at the Belvedere 21, Vienna or online. The conference participants will be informed about the registration options in advance.
Panel 5: Virtual Extensions
Moderation: Richard Kurdiovsky (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna)
- 17:00 : From Lock-Down to Innovation. Welcome to the World’s First Gigapixel Museum : Sandra Verdel (Mauritshuis, Den Haag)
- 17:25 : From Palmyra to Pompei. The Dynamics of Display of Virtual Archaeological Sites in Museum Exhibitions : Isabella Archer (École du Louvre, Paris; University of Poitiers)
- 17:50 : VR in the Museum. Reconstructing Difficult Heritage of Modern Architecture : Georgios Artopoulos (The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia)
19:00 : Panel Discussion
Moderation: Christian Huemer (Belvedere, Vienna)
- Suse Anderson (George Washington University, Washington D.C.)
- Carolyn Royston (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York)
- Jeffrey T. Schnapp (metaLAB (at) Harvard, Cambridge)
Conference Committee
- Christian Huemer,
- Ralph Knickmeier,
- Anna-Marie Kroupová (Belvedere, Vienna),
- Liz Neely (Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe),
- John Tain (Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong),
- Chiara Zuanni (University of Graz).
Conference Partners
- Austrian Museums Association,
- ICOM Austria.
Practicalities
Free Registration: https://www.belvedere.at/en/digitalmuseum2022
Conference Languages: English & German
Hashtags: #digitalmuseum #belvederemuseum
Subjects
- Representation (Main category)
- Mind and language > Representation > Cultural history
- Mind and language > Representation > History of art
- Mind and language > Education > Educational sciences
- Mind and language > Epistemology and methodology > Mapping, imagery, GIS
- Mind and language > Representation > Visual studies
- Mind and language > Information > History and sociology of the media
- Mind and language > Representation > Cultural identities
Event attendance modalities
Full online event
Date(s)
- Monday, January 17, 2022
- Tuesday, January 18, 2022
- Wednesday, January 19, 2022
- Thursday, January 20, 2022
- Friday, January 21, 2022
Attached files
Keywords
- digital humanities, digital, museum, conference, international, audience engagement, gallery, art history, visual studies
Contact(s)
- Anna-Marie Kroupová
courriel : anna-marie [dot] kroupova [at] univie [dot] ac [dot] at
Reference Urls
Information source
- Anna-Marie Kroupová
courriel : anna-marie [dot] kroupova [at] univie [dot] ac [dot] at
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« The Art Museum in the Digital Age », Conference, symposium, Calenda, Published on Monday, December 13, 2021, https://doi.org/10.58079/17uu
