In Transit 2021
Art by Rosie Waniak
In Transit 2021
Call for Submissions
Crossing borders, emigrating, immigrating,
Electing, impeaching, deposing,
Evolving.
We are always in transit. In a constant state of transition. All moving together yet disparately, in our own unique ways. Can we embrace the in between, while also striving for a future? What would that look like in our rapidly polarizing world?
Cultural spaces are transitory. People, objects, ideas are constantly rotating in and out. Yet museums often feel frozen - in their content, hiring practices, physical architecture. How are museums in transit? Or not? How can this process of transition, of cultural exchange and production, exist within and extend beyond the physical space of the museum?
We encourage any type of submission that explores this theme of “in transit.” Potential topics include:
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Electing, impeaching, deposing,
Evolving.
We are always in transit. In a constant state of transition. All moving together yet disparately, in our own unique ways. Can we embrace the in between, while also striving for a future? What would that look like in our rapidly polarizing world?
Cultural spaces are transitory. People, objects, ideas are constantly rotating in and out. Yet museums often feel frozen - in their content, hiring practices, physical architecture. How are museums in transit? Or not? How can this process of transition, of cultural exchange and production, exist within and extend beyond the physical space of the museum?
We encourage any type of submission that explores this theme of “in transit.” Potential topics include:
- Navigation and wayfinding
- Tours
- Immigration | Emigration
- Displacement
- Movement and care of objects
- Mobile museums
- Traveling exhibitions
- Repatriation
- Breaking down trauma, barriers, binaries
- Carework
- Reflective spaces
- Admission prices
- Language - its evolution, translation, how it is used in cultural spaces
- Accessibility
- Social movements
- Alternative spaces
- Graffiti/Public art/Murals
- Art-washing
- Funding/Reputation-washing*
- Cleaning house - #MeToo in museums
- Wage issues/unions
- Social Distancing
- Museums at home
- Virtual tours
- Remote Access
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