Zeitgeist : Spirit of the Times

Abstract

A publication to accompany a collaborative curatorial project organized by students from a third-year Museum Studies class at the University of Western Ontario, in which 11 emerging artists were asked to create pieces in response to artefacts selected from the London Regional Art and Historical Museum’s collection. A text by Roode and Broadhurst addresses the following subjects: the origins of the Museum’s collection; technological change; and how the meaning(s) of everyday objects change when they are displayed in a Museum. Includes a list of selected artefacts, as well as brief statements by student curators. List of artworks. 5 bibl. ref