The Endless Task of Taxonomy
Since the emergence of photography and the consequent reproduction of works of art, Humanity has been looking for a way of thinking about the museological institution outside walls or, as Malraux would say, “A Museum without walls”. With the book “Le musée imaginaire de la sculpture mondiale_ la statuaire” he possibly tests the first model of a Virtual Museum.
In this communication, I am interested in reflecting on the models of museological representation, whether physical or virtual, through my artistic practice, establishing analogies between information technologies and the museological practices of the Sec. XIX. Warburg had thought of this fragmented and juxtaposed model to propose a new historiography of art.
What is the “World Wide Web” if not a new “Cabinet de Curiosité”?
The Endless Task of Taxonomy
Since the emergence of photography and the consequent reproduction of works of art, Humanity has been looking for a way of thinking about the museological institution outside walls or, as Malraux would say, “A Museum without walls”. With the book “Le musée imaginaire de la sculpture mondiale_ la statuaire” he possibly tests the first model of a Virtual Museum. In this communication, I am interested in reflecting on the models of museological representation, whether physical or virtual, through my artistic practice, establishing analogies between information technologies and the museological practices of the Sec. XIX. Warburg had thought of this fragmented and juxtaposed model to propose a new historiography of art. What is the “World Wide Web” if not a new “Cabinet de Curiosité”?
