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This is really fun IMO. The article makes a point that the security guards probably know the art pieces better than most people since they are constantly patrol
by rocketpastsix 5y ago
This is really fun IMO. The article makes a point that the security guards probably know the art pieces better than most people since they are constantly patrolling and looking around. Plus it gives them a chance to have some fun curating the collection.
- wpietri 5y agoWhat interests me is it's not just the pieces they know well: it's the audiences. I am a huge fan of analytics and user testing because it helps me understand the experiences of the people I'm building for. I would love to hear how the guards think about art in terms of the zillion people they've seen react to it.
- rocketpastsix 5y agoyea definitely, it will be super interesting to here the "why" behind their selections. Is it because they know its a big crowd pleaser, or do they like the piece for personal reasons. That will be fun to know.
- beardyw 5y agoI would imagine they must be building that in, or it just becomes a random collection of art.
- johnchristopher 5y agoI could walk around Guernica or la Joconde all day for years and I wouldn't grasp their significance and values without external insights. Only their aesthetics and at a non historic level.
- naturalauction 5y agoSure but the guards likely overhear all the external insights given out in tours and when subject matter experts see and discuss the piece.
- te_chris 5y agoYou refuse to read the explainer plaques?
- arbitrage 5y agoi mean, the primary aesthetics of guernica are "it's BIG" and "war is bad". i suspect you can pick up on those broad themes on your own.
- mejutoco 5y agoArt is not a formalism only. Knowing that Guernica was the location of one (maybe the) first bombing of civilians, or how it was protected, insured during the covil war, or why (as there were before) there are 2 guys with rifles guarding it, all adds to understand the artwork. Some of these things cannot be learned from staring at the artwork.
- xivzgrev 5y agoMaybe, but I would be open to seeing what insights they come up on their own. I think that's the great thing about art - there's no right way to interpret it, and I wouldn't assume that guards are only capable of appraising on aesthetic level. The article also cited it would be done in collaboration with other folks from the museum, so I think it's going to be well done / may surprise you.
- alistairSH 5y agoThe security staff isn't building the exhibit in a vacuum. They're working alongside professional curators.