The Audio Guide

***Mid Term projects due!!!***

 

  1. ***Institutional Critique Powerpoint***

2. Andrea Fraser – Little Frank and his Carp, 2001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3u5YV4RHA4

3. Breakout groups:

Whitney Museum 99 Objects

https://whitney.org/audio-guides/22?language=english&type=general&night=false&stop=1

National Portrait Gallery (Presidential Portraits):

https://npg.si.edu/learn/access-programs/audio-portrait-descriptions

Alevnita Kakhidze’s audio guide for Liverpool Biennial:

https://soundcloud.com/be_polite_to_red_light

Beyond the Uniform, Chemi Rosado-Seijo, 2020

https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/307

A. Who is speaking here?

B. Is there a visual image of the artwork? If yes, it is clear? If no, why not? Does the speaker help us to “see”?

C. Do you think this was successful in conveying the artwork?

D. What kind of value does it offer (educational, visual, etc)?

 

4. Exhibition case study:

Park McArthur Projects: 195 at MoMA

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5016

5. Guest Speaker: Magnus Schaefer, MoMA curator of Park McArthur Projects: 195

 

Online Tools for your audio guide:

Grammar Girl, Active Voice Versus Passive Voice

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/active-voice-versus-passive-voice.

Online readability calculator

http://www.editcentral.com/gwt1/EditCentral.html