CONTAINERS OF ELECTRONIC ART: DISPLAYING ELECTRONIC ART IN ‘WHITE CUBE’ AND EXPERIMENTAL SPACES

Containers of Electronic Art investigates the presence of material electronic artworks in different art institutional display environments by contemplating two questions. First, how does material electronic art function within different types of art institutional spaces? Second, what does this reveal about the space? In order to answer these questions, this thesis researches electronic artworks found in three case studies: the Agnes Etherington Art Centre and the Koffler Gallery, presented together to illustrate the traditional white cube; ZKM Centre for Art and Media’s Media Museum, an experimental space solely dedicated to exhibiting interactive and electronic art; and InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, which employs both of the above exhibition styles. Through these case studies, this thesis concludes that it is difficult to adequately show electronic art in a white cube space. I recommend that material electronic artworks then be presented in an experimental space that is designed specifically for each artwork, encourages visitor interactivity, and works with or enhances the message of the techno- oriented artwork.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Visual Arts

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Skelly, Andrea L.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Robertson, Kirsty

• material electronic art
• new media art
• the white cube
• the experimental space
• exhibition techniques
• museum-curatorship
• the Agnes Etherington Art Centre (AEAC)
• the Koffler Arts Centre
• Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechologie (ZKM) Centre for Art and Media
• ZKM Media Museum
• InterAccess Electronic Media Arts in Centre.

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14721/19394

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uwo.scholaris.ca:20.500.14721/19394