Museum without Walls

David Hall, A Situation Envisaged: The Rite II (Cultural Eclipse), 1988-90. Video documentation of VR experience presented at the NEoN Festival, Dundee, 2017. Development by Rhoda Ellis, curating by Adam Lockhart (© Rhoda Ellis).

untitled (Nair Vervloet, oil on canvas, 1952) - access in augmented reality

Reproductions of “artworks” which come with a glossary create a new perspective, add another meaning, or simply mix up the first meaning when facing what was initially appropriated by the artist.

Dja Guata Porã exhibition, Museu de Arte do Rio, 2017-8.

Perhaps the act of appropriation has an element of appreciation, but it is much more than that. Tutorship implies concern, but such response is not the only way (or the best one) to demonstrate care.

What happens then in the future if an artist, collector or gallery wishes to re-exhibit an artwork where the original equipment has not been collected or the equipment required is entirely obsolete and unavailable?

untitled (Álvaro Conde, oil on canvas, 1944) - access in augmented reality

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - Rio de Janeiro, 2011.