Welcome to this month’s round-up of Extraordinary Experiences across all experience sectors and around the globe. July is upon us and with it the promise of sunny days and summer holidays in the Northern Hemisphere. It also signals the arrival of a slew of hotly anticipated experiences [...]
14. Collection Reframed: We Are Here Beyond Vision
The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in North Carolina is hoping to redefine the museum-going experience with an ambitious multimedia exhibition that transcends the limits of visual art to engage multiple senses. Collection, Reframed: We Are Here, Beyond Vision pairs immersive video and sound installations by New York artist Janet Biggs and North Carolina-based dancer and choreographer Davian Robinson, who is visually impaired, and a host of other collaborators with works from the museum’s permanent collection. The result is a reflection on the human body in varied states: candid, abstracted, constrained, or in motion. In the show the museum itself acts as co-creator of the work, rather than just a display space.
“It’s as if the museum has been reconfigured to be more inclusive of those who may not have perfect sight,” says art critic Barbara Pollack. On 12 July there will be a live performance called Misregistration by Davian Robinson that experiments with inclusive choreographic techniques, embracing the strengths of people with disabilities and incorporating touch, sound, and echolocation as methods of communication. The show features over 60 artworks by the likes of Degas, Giacometti, Matisse and Warhol that show the human body in various states of form and flux, highlighting both its capabilities and constraints. In Data Sonification, Biggs translates works by Picasso and Barbara Hepworth into spatialised soundscapes.
