Die Ausstellung verhandeln

Exhibitions are socially competitive spaces. They see negotiations about who shall speak and who shall be heard. In the spatial mediation, (sub-)conscious intentions of exhibitors meet the presumed interpretations of visitors. But what really happens in this setting? So far, research primarily regarded art historical staging analyses and empirical visitor research in separation. Questions about the relationship between humans and objects in the room were asked quite rarely. Through extensive field research and spatial and agent theories, Luise Reitstätter gives answers and visualizes the local logic of exhibitions as social spaces.

Luise Reitstätter (Dr. phil.) ist Kulturwissenschaftlerin mit langjähriger Tätigkeit im internationalen Kunstbetrieb (u.a. documenta 12, Österreich Pavillon - La Biennale di Venezia). Zu ihren Forschungsschwerpunkten zählen Museologie, Raumsoziologie und Methoden qualitativer Sozialforschung.