On Sept 20, 2010, Nina Simon (Museum 2.0), Kathleen McLean (Independent Exhibitions), Jake Barton (Local Projects), and Anne Bast (SFMOMA) discussed participatory culture and museums at the Creative Commons salon. The event was held at GAFFTA - the Gray Area Foundation For The Arts and hosted by the Creative Commons foundation.

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NINA SIMON KATHLEEN McLEAN ANNE BAST JAKE BARTON

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Photo by Victoria Pickering

3. Photo by Dimitry van den Berg

6. participation = responsive
participation = shared work
participation = radical trust

7. it requires some changes
Authority is content provider Authority is platform provider

8. this is a discussion
about how, not why.

9. and of course,
we invite you to
participate.

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ANNE BAST, SFMOMA

11. The Art of Engagement at SFMOMA
Anne Bast
Intellectual Property Associate
abast@sfmoma.org

12. “The museum strives to engage and inspire a diverse range of audiences
by pursuing an innovative program of exhibitions, education,
publications, and collections activities”
- SFMOMA mission statement
Photo: Aimee Friberg

13. Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July, Learning to Love You More, 2002-2009; web project and
archive

14. Hans Haacke, News, 1969/2008; RSS newsfeed, paper, and printer (installation view by Ian
Reeves)

15. “When artists are doing it, then the museum must
do it as well.”
- Rudolf Frieling, from the catalogue for the exhibition The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now
Harrell Fletcher and Jon Rubin, Pictures Collected from Museum Visitors’ Wallets, 1998; ten
chromogenic prints (installation view by Ian Reeves)

16. Yes you can

18. The more things change…
Snøhetta principals (L-R) Craig Dykers and Kjetil Thorsen; photo: courtesy Snøhetta; © Snøhetta

19. Thanks!
Anne Bast
SFMOMA | Intellectual Property Associate
abast@sfmoma.org

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JAKE BARTON, LOCAL PROJECTS

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

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KATHLEEN McLEAN, INDEPENDENT EXHIBITIONS

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47. pump up the volume
on visitor and community engagement

48. vote

49. create

52. contribute

54. add data

55. create

58. co-design

61. respond

63. contribute

64. create and design

65. respond

67. communicate

68. guess

70. participate

71. contribute

74. add data

75. vote

76. engage in dialogue

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NINA SIMON, MUSEUM 2.0

78. THREE SURPRISING THINGS
I’VE LEARNED ABOUT
DESIGN FOR PARTICIPATION

79. LESSON 1:
MORE SCAFFOLDING! MORE CONSTRAINTS!

81. Denver Art Museum

82. Denver Art Museum
90,000 visitors, 37,000 posters made
average time spent making a poster: 25 minutes

84. www.wearemedia.org

85. LESSON 2:
PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE DIFFERENT THINGS WHEN
GIVEN DIFFERENT PROMPTS & INPUT MECHANISMS.

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92. “The percentage of ‘unrelated’ responses
decreased from 58% (white cards) to 40% (blue
cards), and ‘specific’ responses nearly doubled,
from 28% (white) to 50% (blue).”
http://www.participatorymuseum.org/ref3-16/

93. Lowell National Historical Park

94. LESSON 3:
RESPONSIVENESS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
ANYTHING ELSE.

96. HOW CAN USERS MAKE
THIS PROJECT BETTER?

99. “At first, I wasn't sure whether or not my
responses were useful to anybody. It took a
long time for any feedback to filter through.
When it did come I really appreciated Nina's
thanks and encouragement. That's what kept
me coming back to the site.”
http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2010/03/participatory-museum-process-part-2.html

100. HOW CAN USERS MAKE
THIS PROJECT BETTER?