The Hermitage Time Capsule
The Past
For a tourist the thought is daunting, for a historian or an archaeologist, it is a gold mine.
Museums COLLECT snapshots of history and provide limited (and sometimes dictated) access to ancient worlds and cultures. In the same way a 120 room exhibit at the hermitage can capture a period of history, as do the 'Time Capsules' of Andy Warhol and the Boxes of Duchamp.
If the purpose of a collection is to capture and display a period of history - there is a limit before the excess becomes redundant.
The Present
Questions
- Can the size of the hermitage be substantially reduced without compromising the exhibits? - What is the importance of physical space?
- What is exhibited in Museums is curated according to taste, politics, and culture. - Should one person or a group of people dictate how we read history and culture?
The Future
Redefine how we collect things and how do we display history through non bias?
