ITP 2013: Exhibition proposal project
Exhibition proposal project and reception
As part of the ITP, each participant is asked to plan and propose a temporary exhibition proposal for Room 3 at the British Museum. Participants were asked to draw on their existing museum knowledge, their own cultures, and the skills learnt during the ITP, to develop their proposal, and also to select an object from the BM’s collection around which to design their exhibition.
Participants were encouraged to think not just about objects, concepts and interpretation, but also audiences, marketing, merchandising and events. The result was a fascinating and inspiring range of ideas showcasing exhibition posters and merchandising, room plans, 3D models, object labels and designs for audio visual elements.
At the event, held on Monday 9 September at the BM, each participant had a table on which display their chosen object, and to present their exhibition proposal. Guests were able to circulate and speak to each participant about their proposal in an informal setting.
The event was very well attended with around eighty attendees, including BM staff, colleagues from our partner museums and funders and supporters of the ITP.
Egypt
Ideas and People Unite: A story of Christ on the Cross in Islamic Art
Mohamed Abd El Salam
Uganda
Kono Fashion
Nelson Abiti Adebo & Jackline Nyiracyiza
Mouza Al-Wardi
Palestine
Skull Cult in Jericho
Feras Aqel
Egypt
Egyptian water jars: Quenching the thirst across eras
Hadeer Belal
Turkey
Constantinople: Art and Diplomancy
Buket Coskuner
China
Scenery in Pear Garden: Chinese Opera
Mei Dong
Libya
Cyrene Exhibition and Greek Mythology
Esmaeil F. Dakheil Salh & Fawzeia Hussein
Kenya
Dowry Gods of the Kamba
Freda Joy M’Mbogori & Wendland Chole Kiziili
India
Gigantic Coins of Mughals
Mahesh Karla
Sudan
Kaskara – The Sword of Ali Dinar, Last Sultan of Darfur
Amani Nureldaim Mohamed Masoud & Elghazafi Abdalla
Palestine
Queer Objects: Positionality, Ideology and the Museum
Omar Joseph Nasser-Khoury
China
Ritual and Entertainment: A Chinese bronze bell
Ren Xiaojing
China
A Tea Bowl
Sheng Xia
Miral Abdelrahman
India
Basketry and Beyond: From the hidden land Arunachal Pradesh
Rige Shiba
Turkey
The passage of a bride: Persephone of Knidos
Sibel Ozgan