CHAPTER TWO, THE DIRECTION.
Written By: Celeste Moore
The pictures above are from Lee Mingwei's, You Are Not a Stranger exhibit. The space was filled, even if there were some empty spaces, your eyes don't focus on such things. Only on the yarn that's starting from the table to the wall and the flowers taking up half of the room. Mentioned in The Manual of Museum Exhibitions, it is true that space and direction is the important aspect of any museum. MOCA is trying to have meaning behind each exhibit, teaching the viewers some kind of history or trying to make some kind of connection. "As long as the exhibition remains the most visible means by which a museum makes the connection between audiences and objects, summative evaluation of finished exhibitions can make an important contribution to this wider debate" (Lord 53). In this one room, it was clear to me as the viewer that wasn't looking at the pieces but the space around it, you can tell that space was used wisely, giving room for the visitors to walk around and also interact without worrying about bumping into anything else. Combined with the plain white walls and floors, the color in this room was also taken into consideration, drawing your eyes and keeping them there; maybe your gaze shifted to take in everything.
