The quest to subvert the logic of the museum through the construction of mobile devices has a long tradition. Since Marcel Duchamp’s Boîte-en-valise(1941), many artists have tried to move the field of aesthetic experience beyond the limits of the museum. In recent years, museums have co-opted this strategy with devices intended to make art “portable.” Instead of extending the linear feet of the museum’s walls, the devices in This Is Not a Museum make nomadic exhibitions as a platform for direct participation. This exhibition showcases more than 50 of these projects from various cities around the globe.
Artists representing This Is Not a Museum: Portable and Lurking/Esto no es un museo. Artefactos móviles al acecho - Call for Projects; Washington, D.C. include: Calder Brannock, Lisa Bulawsky, Michael Dax Iacovone & Michael Blasenstein, Caitlin Cass, Billy Friebele and Joe Reinsel.
