On Thursday at the Art Institute, we heard about the upcoming iPad launch for one of their exhibits. I was poking around the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website and found an app they offer for Korean Buncheong Ceramics.
"This month, the Museum launched its first iPad app interactive e-publication for the exhibition Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art. The Met Buncheong app complements the exhibition catalogue and includes highlights from each chapter in the book, a video introduction from Soyoung Lee, co-curator of the exhibition and co-author of the catalogue, 360-degree object views, multiple image views, panoramas of the gallery, and links to publications and related sections of the Museum's website. The interactive e-publication serves as a wonderful introduction to the exhibition and an enticing preview of the exhibition catalogue." (source)
The app is free and has pretty good reviews on iTunes. What do you think about having an exhibition on your iPad? How would this connect you with art pieces differently that in a museum? Do you think the Art Institute could incorporate an app for at home use in an effective way? If so, how?
This story reminded me that Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburgh, Russia, has a neat virtual tour on their website. You can do a virtual visit of the museum or virtual viewings of their collections.
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I wish I could have broken way work to be a beta tester on the tech in the museum.
ReplyDeleteI would have to see how it feels and experience it in my hands. My first thought without having experienced the app would be that I don't think it would truly be the same as actually seeing it up close and in person. I think as an aid while in the museum in a non disturbing way to others viewing the art would be great. It would also have to depend on the quality of the video and how the represent the art, but even that can in some ways misrepresent the art....
ReplyDeleteI think having the ability to view the art in a app at home is ok, but I would maybe show it in a way where it's more of a trailer to promote people to actually come to the space/museum to see the art...but that's just my opinion.