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BEAT MUSEUM FATIGUE!
THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THE BOX The cards are divided into six categories
1. SURROUNDINGS 2. SENSES 3. SLOW LOOKING 4. FORM 5. APPEARANCE & MEANING 6. INNER WORLD
Six strategies to get you started
1Choose PICK YOUR THEME an item from your bag or pocket, a
colour or a genre as the theme of your visit. Then select a card for each artwork you want to spend time with.
2Choose DOMINOES an artwork. Select one element from
it to look for in the next artwork. Then pick a card for each artwork you want to interact with.
3Select AT FIRST GLANCE the artwork that at first glance appeals to you the most - or the least. Explore it with the help of the cards.
There are four types of questions
4WithROULETTE your eyes closed turn around in the middle
Dynamic activities that l of the room a few times. Stop, open your eyes sometimes require penci and spend some time with the artwork in and paper
DO THINK EXPERIENCE IMAGINE
front of you, using the cards to help you.
Activities that stimulate your mind Activities that engage your body and senses
Activities that spark your imagination
5Follow GO OFFICIAL one of the routes suggested by the museum and randomly pick a card when the mood - or an artwork - strikes you.
6Short EASYonDOES IT time and don’t feel like lugging around
the entire box of cards? Simply take along one card from each colour and/or question type. Variety guaranteed!
Have your smartphone handy
SPY Watch the other visitors. -
What are they wearing? How do they move? Are they taking a nap? Do they have cameras? What are they talking about? Write down what they say about art. What noises do they make? -
Start a conversation and/or write a story involving the visitors and artworks. You can also draw a cartoon of the situation.
INSIDE WHAT WOULD YOU FIND IF YOU COULD LITERALLY STEP INSIDE THE WORK?
MEMORY Look briefly at an artwork, then turn around. -
Try to remember what the work looks like. -
Make a mental list of the elements that stood out for you. -
Look at the work again. -
Did you remember correctly?
SOURCE Which raw material was used to make the material you see? -
Where does it come from? -
Is it recycled?
POSE Imitate the pose of one or more of the people in this work. Is it a natural pose? Why and how did the artist choose this pose? How would the person/people depicted feel?
Choose a pose from a work in another room and imitate it. The rest of the group then has to find the corresponding work.
FOR AN ABSTRACT WORK
BLINKERS Make blinkers with your hands so that you can only see the work in front of you and can lose yourself in it. Do you experience it any differently now? How?