International Conference: Art/Nature - Contemporary Art in Natural History Museums and Collections
‘Opening new perspectives’, ‘moving natural history museums’, ‘creating a space for poetry in science’, ‘mediating difficult legacies’ – the purposes and motivations for a collaboration between contemporary art and natural history museums are as manifold as the approaches and experiences of the different actors involved, including the museum’s visitors.
The conference outlines art projects and art programmes in natural history museums and in the natural history collections of multidisciplinary museums. In doing so, it aims to examine and discuss the mutual expectations, potentials, possible limitations and values of these kinds of interactions and interventions from the perspectives of curators, artists and researchers.
International conference launched by ‘Art/Nature: Artistic Interventions at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin’, a pilot project in cooperation with the German Federal Cultural Foundation
Download the conference programme and further information: http://kunst.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/en
The Conference language is English.
Registration required (by 19 June) at: kunst@mfn-berlin.de
Conference venue: Leibniz Association, Chausseestraße 111, 10115 Berlin