Curating the Poster: an Environmental Approach

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Curating the Poster : an Environmental Approach . / Christensen, Line Hjorth.

In: Design Issues, Vol. 35, No. 2, 4, 01.03.2019, p. 28-45.

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Christensen, LH 2019, 'Curating the Poster: an Environmental Approach ', Design Issues, vol. 35, no. 2, 4, pp. 28-45. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00533

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Christensen, L. H. (2019). Curating the Poster: an Environmental Approach . Design Issues, 35(2), 28-45. [4]. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00533

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Christensen LH. Curating the Poster: an Environmental Approach . Design Issues. 2019 Mar 1;35(2):28-45. 4. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00533

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Christensen, Line Hjorth. / Curating the Poster : an Environmental Approach . In: Design Issues. 2019 ; Vol. 35, No. 2. pp. 28-45.

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abstract = "Parallel to the primary functions performed by posters in the urban environment, we find a range of curatorial practices that tie the poster, a mass-produced graphic design media, to the museum institution. Yet little research has attempted to uncover the diverse subject of curatorial work and the process where posters created to live in a real-world environment are relocated in a museum. According to Peter Bil{\textquoteright}ak (2006), it creates a situation where ”the entire raison d{\textquoteright}{\^e}tre of the work is lost as a side effect of losing the context of the work”. The article investigates how environmental structures can work as guidelines for curating posters and graphic design in a museum context. By applying an ecological view to design, specifically the semiotic notion “counter-ability”, it stresses the reciprocal relationship of humans and their built and product-designed environments. It further suggests the ecological approach to be viable for curatorial work, and demonstrates how this view inspired a recent poster event, the exhibition Spot on! British posters from the interwar years. The exhibition held at the Danish Poster Museum in 2015-2016 was initiated by the author and co-curated with graphic designer Michael Jensen.Keywords: poster, graphic design, environments, exhibition, curating ",
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