A funded pilot exhibition took place as part of the 'Curious' festival organised by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Six researchers presented images and objects from our research in a glass kiosk on The Moor in central Sheffield. Using a cabinet as a way to learn about the world goes back to the 16th and 17th centuries when men began displaying their collections of often odd and unusual objects in custom-made cabinets. Their collections showed the curiosity of the owners and, like material libraries, they also allowed others to learn about new and unfamiliar things. These 'cabinets of curiosities' brought together diverse knowledge into a single compact space: a university in miniature. The cabinet on the Moor and its contents invited passers by to stop for a moment, look, and think about our own collections and displays.
For more information on the Cabinet of Curiosities -Inhabiting Space Project and the individual research projects see http://www.inhabitingspace.org/
We are preparing our next exhibition which will be in May 2011 at the University of Sheffield - Jessops West Building where we are building on how people interpreted our work and aim to make our research relevant accessible and hopefully interesting to everyone. Do come and see it ....more later
For more information on the Cabinet of Curiosities -Inhabiting Space Project and the individual research projects see
ReplyDeletehttp://www.inhabitingspace.org/
We are preparing our next exhibition which will be in May 2011 at the University of Sheffield - Jessops West Building where we are building on how people interpreted our work and aim to make our research relevant accessible and hopefully interesting to everyone. Do come and see it ....more later