INSITE / November 2012 - January 2013 / Installation

This issue of INSITE contains articles that look at the process of exhibition Installation. The issue also includes an exhibition review, an article on the Bunjilaka redevelopment and a conference update.
Cover image: Artwork by American artist Patrick Dougherty for Federation Square’s tenth birthday celebrations. The shape of the final work was inspired by the architecture of Flinders Street Station and St Paul’s Cathedral. Photo by Julie Renouf. Ballroom by Patrick Dougherty, Flinders Street Amphitheatre, on view daily until early 2013. See www.fedsquare.com/events/stickwork
Fed Square’s Creative Program: www.fedsquare.com/culture/our-creative-program
Editorial Links:
Marcel Duchamp final artwork Étant Donnés assembled posthumously at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/65633.html?mulR=9321|2
Kerrie Poliness piece Blue Wall Drawing #1 in the group show NETWORKS (cells & silos)
http://www.monash.edu.au/muma/
You Tube of MUMA staff preparing Kerrie Poliness Wall Drawing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hidgYnh_1Q
Rally: Contemporary Indonesian Art, exhibition
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/exhibitions/rally-contemporary-indonesian-art
City of Stitches, by artist, Isabel Berglund
http://www.isabelberglund.dk/node/27
Paul Nuttney, Exhibitone & Shaun Kirby, Thylacine, [page 2]
Installation: the vital ingredient for a good exhibition Download full article
www.exhibitone.com.au
www.thylacine.com.au
www.worksafe.vic.gov.au
Bryony Nainby, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery [page 4]
Review of the exhibition Made to last: the conservation of art Download full article
The Made to last: the conservation of art exhibition tour dates are:
• Art Gallery of Ballarat: 8 December – 20 January 2013
• Manningham Art Gallery: 27 February – 28 March 2013
• Wangaratta Art Gallery: 27 April – 26 May 2013
• QUT Art Museum, Brisbane 27 July – 15 September 2013
• McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park: 20 October 2013 – 2 February 2014
For more about the exhibition, including interviews with five of the artists, visit:
http://netsvictoria.org.au/made-to-last-the-conservation-of-art
Genevieve Grieves, Museum Victoria [page 7]
First peoples: the Bunjilaka redevelopment
www.facebook.com/bunjilaka
http://museumvictoria.com.au/bunjilaka
Simon Gregg, Gippsland Art Gallery [page 8]
A brush with Royalty: memoirs of a Royal Collection scholar
www.wellington.vic.gov.au
The Nina Stanton Attingham Scholarship is a program for individuals with a passion for art and historical buildings. For more go to:
www.coplandfoundation.com.au
To find out more about the Royal Collection visit: www.royalcollection.org.uk
Dimity Mapstone, Museums Australia (Victoria) [page 10]
Victorian Museums & Galleries Conference 2013 Update
www.mavic.asn.au/stateconference
www.geelongaustralia.com.au/nwm
Margaret Fullwood, Creswick Museum [page 11]
Water, Water, Everywhere
www.creswickmuseum.org
Roisin O’Dwyer, Museums Australia (Victoria) [page 13]
Interpretation and Label Writing Workshop
View seminar resources online: http://www.mavic.asn.au/resources/presentations/interpretation-and-label-writing
PDF label writing guide: www.media.vam.ac.uk/media/documents/legacy.../file.../10808_file.pdf
QR Code generator: www.the-qrcode-generator.com
Free software for 3D mock-ups of exhibitions: www.sketchup.com
Make a walking tour using My Maps: http://www.maps.google.com.au
and a tutorial on how to do it at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TftFnot5uXw
Dimity Mapstone , Museums Australia (Victoria) [page 13]
Apps & Online
MetPublications launched
http://www.metmuseum.org/metpublications
MyEnvironment App
http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/connect/myenvironment/index.htm
Crowd Sourcing Resource Guide for Museums
http://www.nemanet.org/conf12/csguide.htm
Google launches Online Exhibitions
http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/#!home
Europeana’s Open Cultural Data
http://www.europeana.eu/portal
Museum News [page 14]
Winter Masterpiece Exhibitions 2013
www.acmi.net.au
www.ngv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/exhibitions/monets-garden
Small fire at Flagstaff Hill Museum
www.flagstaffhill.com/about-us/history-of-flagstaff-hill/examiners-fire
Creswick Museum
www.thecourier.com.au/story/375816/sponsors-wanted-for-lindsay-art-in-creswick-exhibition
Melbourne Cricket Club opens archives
www.mcc.org.au/About%20the%20MCC/Heritage/MCC%20Archives.aspx
Afghanistan coming to Museum Victoria
http://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whatson/coming-soon/afghanistan
Melbourne Now
www.ngv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/programs/public-programs/melbourne-now-forum
Laura Miles, Museums Australia (Victoria) [page 16]
Branch News
http://www.acmi.net.au/media-hollywood-costume-announcement.html
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/exhibitions/monets-garden
http://www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au/trams-moving-pictures
http://exhibitions.slv.vic.gov.au/dome100/celebrating-dome
http://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whatson/coming-soon/afghanistan/
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