One Hundred Objects
When the British Museum introduced it’s The History of the World in One Hundred Objects exhibition; they were not “reinventing” the wheel, for a museum is ultimately about narrating the history of ideas through objects. What they were good at doing was limiting it; this requires some very thoughtful and considerate curation.
To extend the narrative reach, the director of the British Museum has told a story about each artifact on the radio. Of the numerous artifacts that he chose, one was a coin from the era of King Edward VII that was defaced with the slogan “Votes for Women.” While there is still a century of history after this artifact, the choice is very telling about the modern condition: in that invokes appropriation and graffiti to questions the structures and rights of social hierarchies, and lastly, in our digital zeitgeist, the circulation of the message with such an object is likely to build a networked audience.
British Museum: “The History of the World in One Hundred Objects”
[via: TreeHugger]
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Lisa Baldini is a regular contributor to PSFK.com. As a student of Graham Harwood, Luciana Parisi, and Matthew Fuller, Lisa's interest in technology lies in how culture is changed from the bottom up through history, materiality, databases, user experience, and affective computing. A student of social media marketing, she sees how people try to engage consumers through technology and how much failure is at hand by misunderstanding the medium. A teacher at heart, she writes and curates in an effort to link the knowledge derived between the academic, art, and business worlds.
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