Kurator for en dag – en leg i kunstmuseets rituelle rum

Authors

  • Karen Grøn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.3550

Keywords:

experimental educational project, art museum experience, constructivist learning theory, contextual model of learning, flow theory, ritual and liminality

Abstract

The “Curator for a day” project was carried out with guided tours in conjunction with the “Museum Mausoleum” exhibition held at Trapholt – museum of modern art, applied art, design and furniture design – during the winter of 2001–2002. As part of ordinary tours in small galleries, visitors were “tricked” into curating exhibitions of the museum’s artworks and design. Turning visitors into curators showed that many of them had a great sense of experiencing art, especially when responsibility for their own experience was handed over by the guide, and when their role was transformed into that of a coach. The project was inspired by constructive learning theory – using visitors’ personal potential to make them create and develop new theories and gaze strategies for their next museum visits. 

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