Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2015
Keywords
design, museum exhibitions, information
Abstract
Museum exhibitions are conventionally understood to be educational, meaning that they convey information to visitors. The content of this information is understood to include visual, auditory, and written media, as well as content from tactile, spatial, and social encounters. This article asserts that visitors also gain knowledge through bodily kinesthetic experiences while in the exhibition setting. Emerging research in other areas has revealed connections between physical posture and cognitive issues, such as emotion and attitude, but this has not yet been applied to museum practice. This article suggests that exhibition planning could exploit bodily experience more explicitly as a form of information; and that body-aware practices like sports, dance, and yoga offer intellectual content suitable for exploration in a museum setting.
Faculty
Faculty of Animation, Arts & Design
School
Department of Material Art and Design
Journal
Curator: The Museum Journal
Version
Pre-print
Peer Reviewed/Refereed Publication
no
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Original Publication Citation
Overhill, H. (2015). Design as choreography: Information in action. Curator: The Museum Journal, 58(1), 5-15. doi:10.1111/cura.12094.
SOURCE Citation
Overhill, Heidi, "Design as Choreography: Information in Action" (2015). Faculty Publications and Scholarship. 8.
https://source.sheridancollege.ca/faad_mate_publ/8
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