Performing Exhibitions: Atmospheres of Commmunication

Abstract

Starting at Whitechapel Gallery in London with the reconstruction of “This is Tomorrow” exhibition, this adventure in exhibition design continued in Brazil with more than ten atmospheres of communication built in big museums of São Paulo and other cities. Acting as “a spatial curator”, the role of architecture turned into something “very special” when all the efforts were related to social and educational engagement. This paper wants to show how this collaboration took place and share the experience of designing exhibitions as an altogether act of creation. “Exhibitions as spatial mediators” was the core of our work. Curators, designers, technicians, chiefs of diverse institutions working together in a new ecology opened to the whole society.

Presenters

Juan Cabello Arribas
Adjunct Professor, Architectural Design / Design, IE University, Madrid, Spain

Details

Presentation Type

Creative Practice Showcase

Theme

New Media, Technology and the Arts

KEYWORDS

Spatial, Curating, Atmospheres, Communication, Engagement, Pedagogy, Mediation