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"… artefacts do not exist in a space of their own, transmitting meaning to the spectator, but, on the contrary, are susceptible to a multiform construction of meaning which is dependent on the design, the context of other objects, the visual and historical representation, the whole environment; … artefacts can change their meaning not just over the years as different histriographical and institutional currents pick them out and transform their significance, but from day to day as different people view them and subject them to their own interpretation." (Saumarez Smith, C. Museums, Artefacts, and Meanings. The New Museology. Vergo, P, ed. pp19. Reaktion Books Ltd, London, 1989.)
• here
on the internet, where it is interactive and can be manipulated
and reinterpreted... • the gallery
(Gallery 70 at the V&A), which can only be viewed in its protective
display case. The Artefact and its interpretation panel slowly evolve as visitors to the website play with it and reinterpret its meaning.
At some point in its evolution the 'Artefact' will become the collection. The MODEL production
team working on the Artefact project are: The Artefact project is supported by:
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