Abstract
Parallel to the primary functions performed by posters in the urban environment, we find a range of curatorial practices that tie the poster, a mass-produced graphic design media, to the museum institution. Yet little research has attempted to uncover the diverse subject of curatorial work and the process where posters created to live in a real-world environment are relocated in a museum. According to Peter Bil’ak (2006), it creates a situation where ”the entire raison d’être of the work is lost as a side effect of losing the context of the work”. The article investigates how environmental structures can work as guidelines for curating posters and graphic design in a museum context. By applying an ecological view to design, specifically the semiotic notion “counter-ability”, it stresses the reciprocal relationship of humans and their built and product-designed environments. It further suggests the ecological approach to be viable for curatorial work, and demonstrates how this view inspired a recent poster event, the exhibition Spot on! British posters from the interwar years. The exhibition was held at the Danish Poster Museum in 2015-2016 and was co-curated with graphic designer Michael Jensen.
| Bidragets oversatte titel | At kuratere plakaten: en omgivelsesorienteret tilgang |
|---|---|
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
| Artikelnummer | 4 |
| Tidsskrift | Design Issues |
| Vol/bind | 35 |
| Udgave nummer | 2 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 28-45 |
| Antal sider | 18 |
| ISSN | 0747-9360 |
| Status | Udgivet - 1 mar. 2019 |
Emneord
- Det Humanistiske Fakultet
- : poster
- graphic design
- curating
- exhibition
- Environments