Category Archives: Teaching
Museum for Future Fossils: On Curating Ecological Crisis in a Vernacular Museum (article)
Kirsty Robertson and Eugenia Kisin. “Museum for Future Fossils: On Curating Ecological Crisis in a Vernacular Museum.” Journal of Curatorial Studies 12.2 (October 2023), 232-46. Can a curatorial model based on radical pedagogy encourage action on climate change? To answer
Museum for Future Fossils: On Curating Ecological Crisis in a Vernacular Museum (article)
Kirsty Robertson and Eugenia Kisin. “Museum for Future Fossils: On Curating Ecological Crisis in a Vernacular Museum.” Journal of Curatorial Studies 12.2 (October 2023), 232-46. Can a curatorial model based on radical pedagogy encourage action on climate change? To answer
meromictic
Curated by Kirsty Robertson and MCS4605E, artLAB, Western University, February 29-March 14, 2024 This exhibition was curated as a part of the capstone course in the undergraduate Museum and Curatorial Studies program at Western University. Kionywarihwaen, or Crawford Lake, is
meromictic
Curated by Kirsty Robertson and MCS4605E, artLAB, Western University, February 29-March 14, 2024 This exhibition was curated as a part of the capstone course in the undergraduate Museum and Curatorial Studies program at Western University. Kionywarihwaen, or Crawford Lake, is
Together We Average as Zero
Together We Average as Zero was an exhibition organized by students in the Museum and Curatorial Studies Practicum. The exhibition was meant to be a precursor to From Remote Stars: Buckminster Fuller, London, and Speculative Futures, the exhibition Sarah E.K.
Together We Average as Zero
Together We Average as Zero was an exhibition organized by students in the Museum and Curatorial Studies Practicum. The exhibition was meant to be a precursor to From Remote Stars: Buckminster Fuller, London, and Speculative Futures, the exhibition Sarah E.K.
The Museum of Future Fossils
The Museum of Future Fossils is an ongoing, large scale project, comprising pedagogy and course work, a speculative exhibition, workshops, and a catalogue for a non-existent exhibition. For more, please visit the MFFF site here. Image: still from Fatberg film,
The Museum of Future Fossils
The Museum of Future Fossils is an ongoing, large scale project, comprising pedagogy and course work, a speculative exhibition, workshops, and a catalogue for a non-existent exhibition. For more, please visit the MFFF site here. Image: still from Fatberg film,
95% Invisible: The Art of Storage
This year’s Museum and Curatorial Studies practicum exhibition considered practices of art storage, ranging from storing art in nuclear waste facilities, to hoarding, to Geneva Free Ports. For the first time, we made use of augmented reality in the exhibition
95% Invisible: The Art of Storage
This year’s Museum and Curatorial Studies practicum exhibition considered practices of art storage, ranging from storing art in nuclear waste facilities, to hoarding, to Geneva Free Ports. For the first time, we made use of augmented reality in the exhibition
Protectorate 1: A Darker Side of the Moon
Protectorate 1 was an exhibition curated as a part of the VAS/VAH4485 Museum and Curatorial Practicum in 2016-17. Here is the exhibition description: Since the Apollo 11 lunar landing in 1969, artefacts – ranging from flags and equipment to ephemeral
Protectorate 1: A Darker Side of the Moon
Protectorate 1 was an exhibition curated as a part of the VAS/VAH4485 Museum and Curatorial Practicum in 2016-17. Here is the exhibition description: Since the Apollo 11 lunar landing in 1969, artefacts – ranging from flags and equipment to ephemeral
Cabinet of Shadows: The Reliquary for Lost Animals
Cabinet of Shadows was an exhibition curated by students in my VAS/VAH Museum and Curatorial Practicum class in 2015-16. A catalogue is available here. The website can be accessed here. More images of the exhibition can be seen here. Cabinet
Cabinet of Shadows: The Reliquary for Lost Animals
Cabinet of Shadows was an exhibition curated by students in my VAS/VAH Museum and Curatorial Practicum class in 2015-16. A catalogue is available here. The website can be accessed here. More images of the exhibition can be seen here. Cabinet
Beneath the Surface: The Archives of Arthur Nestor
This website and catalogue are the archive of a parafictional exhibition undertaken by third and fourth year undergraduates enrolled in Museum and Curatorial Studies. In December 1975, Dr. Arthur Nestor, a zoologist and professor at Western University, quit his job
Beneath the Surface: The Archives of Arthur Nestor
This website and catalogue are the archive of a parafictional exhibition undertaken by third and fourth year undergraduates enrolled in Museum and Curatorial Studies. In December 1975, Dr. Arthur Nestor, a zoologist and professor at Western University, quit his job
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