In the frame
The performative spectatorship of museum selfies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12370259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E B Hunter (0000-0001-8083-7115, Theatre and Drama, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 55-74 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Text and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10462937.2018.1456673 |
| OpenAlex | W2796169827 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 16 |
Museum selfies offer valuable visitor-generated insights into contemporary spectatorship. The author argues that visitors use museum selfies to disrupt the narrative of the museum and to activate the age-old topos of an artwork coming to life. As a practice-led accompaniment to its critical intervention, the article includes a close reading of the author’s museum selfies, captured at the Art Institute of Chicago. Intended for scholars and museum professionals, this preliminary theory of museum selfies illuminates overlooked dimensions of visitor response in the digital-age
Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Performative utterance · Performativity · Political science · Reading (process · Selfie · Sociology · Visitor pattern · Visual arts · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Photography and Visual Culture · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |