Conference paper
ON LITERARY EXHIBITIONS
Andrea Benkö
; Književni muzej Petöfi, Budimpešta, Mađarska
Abstract
After giving a short overview of the tradition of
Hungarian literary museology, investigated are
some of the possibilities and problems involved in
the genre of literary exhibition, with the help of
two examples (Women writers in Hungarian literature,
1995; Writers in the 1956 revolution, 2006).
A key issue of literary exhibitions is the question
of how texts can be visualised, how the author’s
intentions can be captured in images. It is a complex
procedure, not a mere juxtaposition of texts
and illustrations, but a symbolic representation of
a text’s content, with photographs, manuscripts
and objects appearing as part of the symbolic image.
This enables the viewer to become involved
with more of his/her senses in a space of installation.
The creation of a symbolic system is the main
task of the curator, and in order to achieve this, a
special work method is needed where the collection
and selection of the material is inseparable
from the design of the installation.
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Hrčak ID:
76963
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2007.
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