Museum without Walls

David Hall, A Situation Envisaged: The Rite II, 1989-90. VR simulation presented at NEoN Festival, Dundee, Scotland, 2017. VR model by Rhoda Ellis, curated by Adam Lockhart (© Estate of David Hall/Rhoda Ellis/University of Dundee).

Since the Collection inherited a relatively random set of works and only recently implemented an acquisition policy, one cannot comfortably attribute to it the function of producing a historiography of art produced in the 20th century in Pernambuco. How, then, to deal with this condition?

The processes that culminated in the independence of the former European colonies affected disciplines that, directly or indirectly, legitimized colonial power. The New Museology movement provoked actions that brought the museum closer to the community, making it possible to include groups related to the safeguarded collections within the institutions.

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

Demolition of houses at Vila Autódromo by the city government (© Luiz Claudio Silva / Museum of Removals collection).

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

Riverine Archive, VR screen capture (© Antonopoulou & Dare).

Digitization with the RV Scanner for a PhD thesis at LAPID.

Map of the Third World's south-southeast island, 2011.

O gAViAO.PENAXO (Elpídio Malaquias, synthetic enamel on chipboard, 1992) - access in augmented reality