EXTENT OF ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM

Museums and curatorial studies

In order to find appropriate solutions for my exhibition design, I worked in three ways. First, I visited many exhibitions and gathered documentation related to them to experience museums and their narratives as a visitor, but also to treasure inspiring ideas. In this manner, I was able to notice that exhibition designs speaking about time measurement have often classical approaches: they almost “drown” visitors in quantities of objects and information when interaction with different sorts of media (photos, videos, etc.) is lacking. I realized that my personal preferences go to exhibitions that allow visitors to experience an inner journey and play with emotions. In Switzerland, interesting examples of this approach are the Swiss Alpine Museum in Bern or the Musée d’ethnographie de Neuchâtel; both museums mix objects, images and videos with great finesse to offer as many points of view as possible.

Second, I gathered documents on curatorial research while in parallel I collected archival material on the Observatory, on time measurement and on the broad topic of time. My search was wide-ranging, including paper documents, pictures, movies and radio broadcasts. At last, I carefully studied museums or exhibition spaces in the Neuchatel region that are managed by associations and volunteers. The examples I took into consideration are the Musée d’histoire in Le Landeron, the Musée d’art et d’histoire in La Neuveville, the Maison blanche Le Corbusier in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the Musée de l'Areuse in Boudry, the Musée Rousseau and the Maison de l’Absinthe in Môtiers. These examples provided me with useful information about visitors, operating budget, costs for exhibitions, organization, etc.

Maison blanche Le Corbusier, La Chaux-de-Fonds © Aline Henchoz Musée de l'Areuse, Boudry

Exhibition Biwak#24 | Echo. The Mountain Answers Swiss Alpine Museum, Bern

Exhibition Travel Sickness Musée d’ethnographie de Neuchâtel