Since the recent Gauguin show at Tate Modern attracted criticism for inducing 'gallery rage' as a result of overcrowding, it seems particularly interesting that Google has just released its Art Project, which has repurposed the cameras used for its street mapping activities to allow digital 'visits' to international museums and galleries. I wonder how an isolated, two dimensional ocular encounter might disrupt the socio-behavioral function of the museum and if it remains an embodied experience? I'm starting to miss the troublesome toddlers and walkie-talkie static already.
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what a lovely post Rebecca...(as usual)...the two 'video' clips run in sequence really well...makes one thing about whether the films 'reproduce' a 'commodified' experience of 'visiting the gallery' (e.g. things that one 'must' see) or whether this really is the 'real thing'?...(i.e. that's all we have....)
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