{"id":3021,"date":"2024-07-24T16:04:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T16:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canal.mesmnac.cat\/mira\/crowded-museums-performance-de-raquel-friera\/"},"modified":"2024-11-28T11:18:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T11:18:25","slug":"crowded-museums-performance-de-raquel-friera","status":"publish","type":"mira","link":"https:\/\/canal.mesmnac.cat\/en\/watch\/crowded-museums-performance-de-raquel-friera\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Crowded Museums’, performance by Raquel Friera"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    \n ‘Crowded Museums’, performance by Raquel Friera\n <\/h1>\n
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    The presentation of the research Raquel Friera carried out through the Geysers programme was structured as a performance, fitting given the current debate on the functions of a museum. Research into the history of these functions took Raquel Friera to the mid-19th century Louvre in Paris and the National Gallery in London. And there she found paintings (like Salon Carr\u00e9, Louvre<\/em> en 1861 (1865) by Giuseppe Castiglione and The National Gallery when at Mr J. J. Angerstein\u2019s House, Pall Mall (1824) by Frederick Mackenzie) showing museum halls full of people who aren\u2019t just looking at the art on the walls, but having picnics, naps and gatherings. There were two key factors that allowed museums to be used in this way, as public space: admission was free of charge and the rooms had furnishings that could be moved around to suit visitors\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n

    Raquel Friera\u2019s performance, Crowded Museums (2023), recreates an interview committee members had with the Keeper of the National Gallery (1850), speaking about the tensions involved in the museum as public space (with groups bringing food and drinks, small children making a mess, inappropriate behaviour, etc.). The same report proposes a solution: imposing rules and charging admission.<\/p>\n

    So, Raquel Friera\u2019s performance looks at a very hot topic: the functions of the museum, to recreate the historical path museums took from public space to a place of consumption.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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