This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend the Hammer Museum located right here in Westwood. As an avid museum visitor I was excited to attend this local museum for the first time\u00a0 as I feel like I have constantly put a visit off due to its close proximity. The Hammer Museum was unlike any museum I have visited, from the floor plan to the actual structure. Since I am use to going to large, more mainstream museums such as The Broad or Met, I was surprised at the lack of exhibit space.<\/p>\n
Altogether there were six galleries each hosting a different exhibition. I will say that it was rather a very interesting experience based on the fact that there was not much technology to interact with. I have never really questioned how much technology played a role in the experience of the museum but being aware of the impact really helped me understand how it really contributes to the make or break of the museum experience. I found it very hard to stay engaged in works that lacked visual background information or some element of technology to paint a bigger picture of the work. Reading the descriptions surrounding the work became tedious, when I just wanted to take in the work and its beauty. Jimmie Durham: At The Center of the World was one of the exhibitions that incorporated the use of technology. Walking into the room I was immediately drawn to the approximately 10 televisions in a dark section of the exhibit equipped with headsets only to be distracted by a constant ding in another corner of the room. This sudden activation of sound led me to a dinged up refrigerator equipped with a television set with presumed the same fridge being hit with stones, it was then that I found myself reading the description of the piece. I then made my way around the room\u00a0looking at everything on display, skimping through the descriptions eager to just take in the work. I moved onto the next exhibit by Kevin Beasley where I was surrounded by colorful scarfs around what seemed like a Games of Throne type chair. There was no content just this one display, however I think that use of technology would have taken away from this experience, because this piece of art becomes yours in a sense. Its what you think the inspiration behind it is making\u00a0you feel more connected.<\/p>\n
The one exhibition that was nearly impossible to get into incorporated real life societal issues into a virtual reality experience. The waitlist was full so unfortunately I did not get to experience it myself but watched as people galloped into a dark room with some sort of glasses that looked borrowed from the future. The group responsible for the exhibition described themselves as the “world’s most foremost producers of virtual,augmented, and mixed reality.” The V.R. experience \u00a0was intended to create room-scale virtual reality environments that placed users at the center of action. It took user\u00a0into the violence and hostility the LGBQT community face and\u00a0made them eyewitnesses in the sequence of events leading to Trayvon Martin’s deadly encounter with George Zimmerman.<\/p>\n
Although I didn’t get to experience this exhibition it was by far my favorite because of its relevance to the issues going on in our world today. It isn’t everyday that we are allowed to witness things from a different perspective. If everybody had the opportunity to walk a day in someone else’s shoes how different would our world be? This technology was able to give people an experience that they will never forget, however it will not just be a memory but something can effect the way we each view or act towards each other. This has the ability to reach further than the confines of the museum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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