Mark dion
- Curiosity Cabinet for the Wexner Center for the Arts (1996)
- The Great Chain of Being Museum of Modern Art
- "Cabinet B", Raiding Neptune's Vault, 1997/98
- "Laberatory/Collection" Raiding Neptune's Vault 1997/98
The collecting methodology for the first phase of the project was straightforward, and followed the established practice of fieldwalking in order to identify surface finds (Tate London 1999).
Mark Dion chose to use cabinets to present his finds from the Tate Thames dig. Cabinets are often used by artists to present found or made objects and become integral to how the work is seen and its meaning (the cabinets are sometimes referred to as vitrines when used in this way) (Tate London 2003)
Mark Dion uses Cabinets to display his found objects within a gallery space. Collecting plays a vital role within my method of making and I feel that the objects I've collected throughout the project should be displayed within the gallery. I thought about displaying these objects within a cabinet, however, the objects are quiet small, detailed objects and displaying them within a cabinet will distort the viewers perception of them. I want to display the belemnites within the space, so the viewers can get up close to them and see what the objects actually are.
Mark Dion chose to use cabinets to present his finds from the Tate Thames dig. Cabinets are often used by artists to present found or made objects and become integral to how the work is seen and its meaning (the cabinets are sometimes referred to as vitrines when used in this way) (Tate London 2003)
Mark Dion uses Cabinets to display his found objects within a gallery space. Collecting plays a vital role within my method of making and I feel that the objects I've collected throughout the project should be displayed within the gallery. I thought about displaying these objects within a cabinet, however, the objects are quiet small, detailed objects and displaying them within a cabinet will distort the viewers perception of them. I want to display the belemnites within the space, so the viewers can get up close to them and see what the objects actually are.
Tate London (1999) Tate Thames dig: Robert Williams, 'Mark Dion Archaeology' – collecting [Online] Available from: http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/mark-dion-tate-thames-dig/the-dig/collecting/tate-thames-dig-robert-williams
Tate London (2003) History of the wunderkammern (cabinet of curiosities) [Online] Aviable from: http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/mark-dion-tate-thames-dig/wunderkammen
Tate London (2003) History of the wunderkammern (cabinet of curiosities) [Online] Aviable from: http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/mark-dion-tate-thames-dig/wunderkammen