{"id":648,"date":"2017-02-15T22:04:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T22:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w17\/?p=648"},"modified":"2017-02-15T22:04:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T22:04:56","slug":"blog-post-four-hammer-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w17\/2017\/02\/15\/blog-post-four-hammer-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post Four: Hammer Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">This weekend, Jenny West and I visited the Hammer Museum in Westwood. Like other people in the class, we also spent the majority of our time observing the Simon Denny exhibit on the blockchain. The installation incorporates strategic board games such as Risk in a way to communicate information about the blockchain and its capabilities, especially as a cryptocurrency. The wall outside incorporated a Business Insider article written about Denny about blockchains through backlit windows. The article was printed from the mobile site, which is an indirect example of the incorporation of digital technology. Although there was no interactive technology within the exhibit, outside there was a tv mounted on a wall that played an introduction video about the blockchain on a continuous loop. For a little over 20 minutes, Jenny and I posted ourselves outside on the architecturally unique chairs and observed museum goers who went to Denny&#8217;s exhibit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The observations that we made were not that surprising, considering that people&#8217;s actions and reactions were very similar to how I would have interacted with the tv introduction. Many people would quickly glance at the tv before entering the exhibit, and some people briefly looked over at the Business Insider article. There were a couple of groups who actually stood directly in front of the television and watched the video, but because the video plays on a loop its easy to come in during the middle and be confused by what&#8217;s happening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-650\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/IMG_5324-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/IMG_5324-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/IMG_5324-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-649\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/IMG_5321-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/IMG_5321-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/IMG_5321-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Some of the other observations that we made were that people typically interact more with physical objects using their phones. Families, couples, and other groups would take pictures with sculptures and other art pieces that they found interesting with their phones. Additionally, the chairs outside in the courtyard were extremely popular with both young and old, as people would sit and roll around in the chairs while simultaneously taking photos or video with their phones. The interactive physical objects definitely held people&#8217;s attention for a longer period of time than the video did.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-811 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/IMG_5326-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/IMG_5326-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/IMG_5326-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/IMG_5326-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, Jenny West and I visited the Hammer Museum in Westwood. 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