I'm not sure whether I think this is really innovative, or really just too much...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/11/content_407755.htm
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I definitely agree that I'm not sure whether to be appalled by this institution (as a digital collection of artworks is not necessarily a museum, perhaps a center) or encouraged that a museum is embracing technology as a way of attracting new audiences but a few thoughts came to mind.
Whereas the display of digital art in a digital form is indeed art, I can't agree with the displaying of traditional artforms, such as paintings in the digital form. Perhaps it goes back to the "elitism" of art museums, but I believe that you need to see the original painting to have a truer experience with the artwork - or else, all you need is a book or a computer - why bother going to a museum if all you will see is the same digital reproduction you viewed online.
Tied to that thought, I think it is faulty, and misleading, of the curator to try and compare the MAM's display choices and experience with MOMA's website. The MOMA website is indeed a digital hook to draw people into the art - but ulitmately it is meant to pique the curiosity of potential visitors and draw them into MOMAs galleries where they will see the original version of the art, not just the pixel version that lives on the website.
And yes, a majority of museums are digitizing their collections - but for study, rather than purposes. Again, the originals are still hanging in their galleries. They are not using the digitals as equal to the originals but merely as reference points.
All that being said, it will definitely serve to create a further discussion of how to define a museum and what their role in society should be.
I'm not entirely sure what I think--displaying digital art is great, and it looks like that's a lot of what they'll be doing, but I definitely don't think nondigital art can be replaced with digital copies, no matter how good.
But if they're going to be taking nondigital art and displaying it in a way that makes it into NEW art...I don't know.
Then again, most art produced after about 1900 that makes it into museums isn't my cup of tea, so I'm probably the wrong person to have an opinion on this sort of thing.
-Mel
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