Aesthetic Dissonance: The Impact of Viewing Fine Art in a Science Museum

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-215
Author(s):  
Jana Greenslit ◽  
Aaron Price ◽  
Tiffany Malone
Keyword(s):  
Fine Art ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Inalienable Signs and Invited Guests: Australian Indigenous Art and Cultural Tourism

Arts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Sally Butler
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Fine Art ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Relational Model ◽  
Indigenous Art ◽  
Indigenous Perspectives ◽  
The Impact

Australian Indigenous people promote their culture and country in the context of tourism in a variety of ways but the specific impact of Indigenous fine art in tourism is seldom examined. Indigenous people in Australia run tourism businesses, act as cultural guides, and publish literature that help disseminate Indigenous perspectives of place, homeland, and cultural knowledge. Governments and public and private arts organisations support these perspectives through exposure of Indigenous fine art events and activities. This exposure simultaneously advances Australia’s international cultural diplomacy, trade, and tourism interests. The quantitative impact of Indigenous fine arts (or any art) on tourism is difficult to assess beyond exhibition attendance and arts sales figures. Tourism surveys on the impact of fine arts are rare and often necessarily limited in scope. It is nevertheless useful to consider how the quite pervasive visual presence of Australian Indigenous art provides a framework of ideas for visitors about relationships between Australian Indigenous people and place. This research adopts a theoretical model of ‘performing cultural landscapes’ to examine how Australian Indigenous art might condition tourists towards Indigenous perspectives of people and place. This is quite different to traditional art historical hermeneutics that considers the meaning of artwork. I argue instead that in the context of cultural tourism, Australian Indigenous art does not convey specific meaning so much as it presents a relational model of cultural landscape that helps condition tourists towards a public realm of understanding Indigenous peoples’ relationship to place. This relational mode of seeing involves a complex psychological and semiotic framework of inalienable signification, visual storytelling, and reconciliation politics that situates tourists as ‘invited guests’. Particular contexts of seeing under discussion include the visibility of reconciliation politics, the remote art centre network, and Australia’s urban galleries.

Hacking into the Science Museum: young trans people disrupt the power balance of gender ‘norms’ in the museum’s ‘Who Am I?’ gallery

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayte McSweeney ◽  
Jay Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
Power Balance ◽  
Trans People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Research Impacts

This chapter reflects on the partnership between Gendered Intelligence and the Science Museum and highlights the importance of gender diversity in collaborative projects. It discusses how co-produced research impacts both organisations and conversations through the ways in which museums posit particular values and ‘norms’ around gender identity. The chapter also outlines the ‘Hacking In’ project and the impact it had on the partners involved, and reflects on the potential within collaborative projects to redress and acknowledge the power imbalances that exist within the narratives of cultural institutions. It offers a study about empowerment and the social responsibility to include, listen to, and work with those whose histories, stories, and identities have been marginalised, excluded, or communicated with little, if any, involvement from those communities.

The impact of LED lighting parameters on viewing fine art paintings

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 711-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
QY Zhai ◽  
M Ronnier Luo ◽  
XY Liu
Keyword(s):  
Fine Art ◽  
Led Lighting ◽  
The Impact

Emergence of Fine Art Photography in Israel in the 1970s to the 1990s Through Pedagogical and Social Links with the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 252-265
Author(s):  
Tal-Or K. Ben-Choreen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fine Art ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Artistic Practice ◽  
Pedagogical Models ◽  
The Impact

The flourishing of photography as a tool for expressive reportage and artistic practice transformed photographic education during the mid-twentieth century. American-based academic institutions quickly established reputations in the emerging fine art field as leaders in photographic education drawing international students from diverse locations, including Israel. Many Israelis who studied photography in American institutions returned to Israel bringing with them the knowledge they had gained while abroad. This article considers the impact of American pedagogical models and social networks on the development of the Israeli photographic field. Included in this discussion is an exploration of the emergence of Israeli photography programs in institutions of higher education, photography galleries, museum collections, and exhibitions. By approaching the study through a network methodological approach, this article traces the transnational movements of individuals: photographers, program graduates, and curators in order to demonstrate the significant impact American photographic education had on the emerging Israeli photographic field.

scholarly journals Odd versus even? An investigation on the impact of number of food items on plating preferences

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy T Woods ◽  
Charles Michel ◽  
Charles Spence
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time ◽  
Preference Tests

We report on the results of a series of large-scale computer-based preference tests (conducted at The Science Museum in London and online) that evaluated for the first time the widely-held belief in kitchens that food should be plated in odd rather than even numbers of elements on the plate in order to maximize the eye appeal of a dish. Participants were presented with pairs of plates of food showing odd versus even number of seared scallops (3 vs. 4), arranged in a line or as a polygon, on either a round or square white plate. No consistent evidence for a preference for 3 or 4 number of food items was found. The implications of these results are discussed.

scholarly journals From interventions to interactions: Science Museum Arts Projects’ history and the challenges of interpreting art in the Science Museum

2009 ◽  
Vol 08 (02) ◽  
pp. C04
Author(s):  
Hannah Redler
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

Hannah Redler’s paper examines the 13 year history of Science Museum, London’s contemporary art programme and explores how changing cultural conditions and the changing function of museums are making the questions raised by bringing art into the Science Museum context increasingly significant. It looks at how Science Museum Arts Projects started as a quirky, experimental sideline aimed at shaking up the Museum and its visitors’ assumptions, but has now become a fundamental means by which the Science Museum chooses to represent the impact of science, medicine, engineering and technology on peoples’ everyday lives.

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