Mobile building aims to challenge views on colonialist art

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Art has always embraced new technologies to push forward the vanguard of culture. Auction house Christie’s has already put the first AI-generated artwork under the gavel. Also, an exhibition at the Guggenheim lets users explore potential future societies using a stock market analogy. Now, a new project takes aim at Eurocentric views.

SAVVY Contemporary has created a project called Spinning Triangles to mark the centenary of the iconic Bauhaus building. The organisers have developed a minitiurised version of the Bauhaus’ workshop wing and put it on a truck bed.

The mobile Bauhaus looks like a tiny home inside. It will provide a space for workshops, symposiums and collaborations, and also a small reference library. The organisers will drive the Bauhaus from Dessau, Germany, where the actual Bauhaus is located, then stopping off in Berlin before heading to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Hong Kong. SAVVY chose these sites due to their colonial history. The project’s aim is to share ideas with local artists, dispelling colonial interpretations of non-European art, by having artists from colonising countries take part. Afterwards, the artists involved in the project will then travel back to Dessau to hold further workshops to share their newfound knowledge. The organisers hope the project will help the Bauhaus to ‘un-school’ old ideas, looking forward to a more informed future.

Takeaway: Historians and museums will have their eyes on the calendar for many significant centenaries over the coming decades. This could provide ample opportunity for B2B solutions and collaborations, bringing technology to large scale events and ambitious projects. Additionally, software like AR and VR will be able to transform century-old footage into unique user experiences for museums and art galleries. Is there a historical date coming up that your business could participate in?

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