As the concept of museums has changed from a research institute to a space of education and culture for the public, the interest and expectation of display from spectators have risen. In order to satisfy such expectations, a lot of museums have opened...
As the concept of museums has changed from a research institute to a space of education and culture for the public, the interest and expectation of display from spectators have risen. In order to satisfy such expectations, a lot of museums have opened or have started remodeling in the recent few years, and prepare several special exhibitions a year. Not only this, but effort are put into verifying and introducing differentiated display presenting techniques. Especially, new display media such as graphic panel, model, videos etc. are introduced to exhibitions so that spectators are able to more easily understand and experience the exhibition contents. Multi-visual media is noticed as an appropriate display media in most effectively communicating the exhibited information to spectators. However, as a result of researching cases of visual media being used in current museum exhibitions, it was shown that it is yet being used as a supporting media for unilateral communication. Considering the largest issue of museum exhibition in the 21st century is the interaction between the exhibited articles and spectators, the current utilizing system of visual media should be improved. Thus, I suggest the following, concerning related concrete issues and the use and revitalization of video as a display medium.
First, there is a need for developing a new program. Unlike other supporting media, visual media is combined with high technology, being largely effected by the replacement time of material with the fast growing technology. Considering the attribute of media, development of preceding programs is needed, and the thing to have in mind in such program development is making the spectators able to actively participate in the exhibition by communicating with the exhibited articles and inducing their interest.
Second is professionalization of the production method. For development of diverse programs, expecially for visual media programs in a developed form inside connection with hardware elements, it must be progressed within a network among professionals. In such environment, a procedure of verification by the specialists for each stage of production is needed. In order to do this, a long-term plan must be prepared for a systematic infrastructure construction. If each roles are performed appropriately and cooperating policies established, development of new programs can be accomplished more easily.
When such proposed contents are gradually supplemented, museums can be reborn into a new concept that accept new paradigms, and the role of visual media will become larger in it.