allegorithm { MFA Thesis }

Thesis Statement

Recreate the physical, fine art gallery experience by developing a web based multimedia management system that exploits the natural relationships between interconnected, digital media forms.

Survey

The following are the survey questions I created to answer some of the questions I had regarding my project.

Final Questions:

1 : What are your expectations of a traditional gallery experience?

2 : What are your expectations of an online or digital gallery experience?

3 : What are at least 3 ways that a curator can help or hurt the gallery experience?

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A : How do you anticipate and prepare for the movement of persons through a gallery? How important is the restriction of the physical space upon the gallery's layout?

B : In what ways does the content of an exhibition affect its curation?

C : What are some of the differences in curating a group versus a solo show?

D : What are the 3 strongest factors affecting the placement or grouping of works?

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A : How do you judge the success of an exhibition? Would this differ if it were online?

B : How would you react if the layout of an exhibition evolved organically based upon the relation between individual works, or the affinity of the viewer to types of works?

C : How do you feel about the ability for a user to rate or comment on an individual work ? (please assume for this purpose that a guest to the exhibition would not initially see any comments or user feedback to works)

D : What is the process you go through when deciding which works to show at an exhibition? How would you change this process?

View original questions.

The following was the email I sent out to all of my contacts:

Email to contactees:

From: jcorr@scad.edu
Subject: Interview for MFA Thesis research on the gallery experience

Body:

Hello

My name is Joe Corr and I am an MFA candidate in Interactive Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design (www.scad.edu). I am contacting you because I am doing research on the experience of visiting a fine art gallery or museum. Specifically, I am very interested in how curators and artists perceive the experience of the audience member, and the process in which they prepare for and curate an exhibition. (If you are interested in reading my thesis brief, please visit http://www.josephcorr.com/blog/?p=82)

If you have the time, I would very much appreciate you answering 7 questions about my topic, and let me know a little bit about yourself (all information will be held in privacy, and your name will only be published if you approve of it first). If you do assist me in this research, I will need your information by May 1, and more feedback is better than less.

Respectfully

Joe Corr
912-398-9566
jcorr@scad.edu
Savannah, GA

Interview Questions:

Bio:
Who are you?

What do you do?

General:
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[1] What are your expectations of a traditional gallery experience?

[2] What are your expectations of an online or digital gallery experience?

[3] What are at least 3 ways that a curator can help or hurt the gallery experience?

Curator Specific:
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[4] How do you anticipate and prepare for the movement of persons through a gallery? How important is the restriction of the physical space upon the gallery's layout?

[5] In what ways does the content of an exhibition affect its curation?

[6] What are some of the differences in curating a group versus a solo show?

[7] What are the 3 strongest factors affecting the placement or grouping of works?

Artist Specific:
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[4] How do you judge the success of an exhibition? Would this differ if it were online?

[5] How would you react if the layout of an exhibition evolved organically based upon the relation between individual works, or the affinity of the viewer to types of works?

[6] How do you feel about the ability for a user to rate or comment on an individual work ? (please assume for this purpose that a guest to the exhibition would not initially see any comments or user feedback to works)

[7] What is the process you go through when deciding which works to show at an exhibition? How would you change this process?

Optional:
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Would you be interested in being contacted for a short phone interview?

Would you be interested in the testing of my gallery application?

Is there anyone that you feel I should contact regarding my research?

What galleries (either physical, online or both) just get the experience right?

I am very grateful that you have taken the time to help me understand the nature of the gallery experience. Is there anything else that you wish to clarify for me that I may not have asked?
Regards
Joe

Contacted People/Institutions

i8 galleri
Klapparstigur 33, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland

Tel: +354 551 3666, Fax: +354 551 3666
info@i8.is / www.i8.is
kennitala 431195-2599 / Vat no 48365

i8 was founded in Reykjavik by Edda Jónsdóttir
in 1995, and represents an eclectic mix of Icelandic and international contemporary artists.

Tate (Britain/Modern/Liverpool/St Ives)
Used the Information request form to see if anyone involved in curation would be interested in answering the questionnaire.

Tate Modern
Telephone: 020 7887 8008 (international +44 20 7887 8008)
Bankside, London, SE1 9TG

Mark Pilato
sculpting2000@catskill.net

Mike Pilato
contact@pilatomurals.com

GLENN WILLUMSON
gwillumson@arts.ufl.edu

John Mangan
jgm10@psu.edu

Carolyn Kerr
cekerr@comcast.net

Joyce Robinson
jhr11@psu.edu

Ronald Hand
rxh16@psu.edu

Leo Mazow
lgm11@psu.edu

Bill Kelly
wjk2@psu.edu

Lance Tawzer
ltawzer@scad.edu

Natalie Bray
nbray@scad.edu