%0 Journal Article
%T Interactive and Immersive Practices; Critical Spatial Practices. The Augmented Reality of the Exhibition Space Pratiques interactives et immersives ; pratiques spatiales critiques. La r¨¦alit¨¦ augment¨¦e de l¡¯espace d¡¯exposition
%A Alessandra Mariani
%J MediaTropes
%D 2012
%I University of Toronto Libraries
%X The rise of installations, as well as immersive and interactive spaces, in both art and science museums has accustomed the public to heightened interactivity, leading to a better understanding of social, natural and scientific phenomena. These spatial systems have also paved the way for the production of innovative environments within exhibition design. This article aims to present a brief overview of the origins of immersive and sensory practices at work in contemporary museums, and to evaluate the potential of these processes to generate critical thinking in the visitor. A concise description of the evolution of the operational and intellectual premise of these museums and their changing practices demonstrates the transformations that have occurred, their modalities, and their application in selected works, notably: The Weather Project by Olafur Eliasson presented at Tate Modern London; Diller + Scofidio¡¯s media pavilion, Blur Building, in Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland; and the exhibition Sense of the City at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. La multiplication d¡¯installations, d¡¯espaces immersifs et interactifs dans les mus¨¦es d¡¯art et ensuite dans les mus¨¦es de sciences, a accoutum¨¦ le public ¨¤ interactivit¨¦ augment¨¦e favorisant la compr¨¦hension de ph¨¦nom¨¨nes sociaux, naturels ou scientifiques. Ces syst¨¨mes spatiaux ont ainsi fray¨¦ la voie au d¨¦veloppement de techniques de sc¨¦narisation environnementales. L¡¯article vise ¨¤ pr¨¦senter succinctement les origines des pratiques immersives et sensorielles ¨¤ l¡¯ uvre dans l¡¯espace mus¨¦al contemporain et ¨¤ pr¨¦senter le potentiel de ces processus ¨¤ engendrer une r¨¦flexion, un raisonnement critique chez le visiteur. Une courte description de l¡¯¨¦volution des postures op¨¦rationnelles et intellectuelles du mus¨¦e et de ces pratiques permettra d¡¯en retracer la transformation, les modalit¨¦s et l¡¯application dans des  uvres, notamment l¡¯installation The Weather Project par Olafur Eliasson pr¨¦sent¨¦e au Tate Modern ¨¤ Londres, le pavillon m¨¦diatique de Diller + Scofidio Blur Building ¨¤ Yverdon-les-Bains en Suisse et l¡¯exposition Sensations urbaines pr¨¦sent¨¦e au Centre Canadien d¡¯Architecture ¨¤ Montr¨¦al.
%K exhibition
%K immersion
%K installation
%K interactivity
%K space
%K critical theory
%K architecture
%U http://www.mediatropes.com/index.php/Mediatropes/article/view/16895