Museum as a Cinematic Space
The Display of Moving Images in Exhibitions
Description:... Takes an intermedial approach to examine how film has influenced exhibition designKey featuresUses an innovative and strongly interdisciplinary theoretical framework to enrich our understanding of the display of films and audio-visuals in museumsProvides in-depth analysis of the contemporary landscape, highlighting the continuities and fractures between different periods, contexts and practicesFeatures case studies to enhance our knowledge of contemporary museum practice Moving images have become an increasingly common feature in a wide range of museums, with screens and audio-visual projections frequently encountered by museum visitors. But when did films start to be displayed in museum galleries? And what are the issues at stake when showing moving images in exhibition spaces? With an innovative and strongly interdisciplinary theoretical framework, this book offers an extensive investigation of the use of audio-visuals in exhibition design. Highlighting the continuities and fractures between different periods, contexts and practices, Elisa Mandelli shows the deep influence of audio-visuals on the configuration of the exhibition space, as well as on the relationship between museums and their visitors.Case studiesImperial War Museum (London, UK)New York Museum of Science and Industry (New York, US)Widespread Museum of Resistance (Turin, Italy)In Flanders Fields Museum (Ypres, Belgium)Trento Tunnels (Trento, Italy)Installation Peopling the Palace (Venaria Reale, Turin, Italy)The Big Picture Show at the Imperial War Museum North (Manchester, UK)Historial Charles de Gaulle (Paris, France)Museum Laboratory of the Mind (Rome, Italy).
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