Place and Displacement: Exhibiting Architecture

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From the late 18th century on, conflicting conventions of curating architecture have been conflated with urgent discussions of how material culture is handed down, distributed and appropriated due to various ideals and ethics. Questions of authenticity, i dentity, value, and the ambiguous status of detached architectural objects, still lurk behind discussions about architectural exhibitions, inside and outside the museum. Approaching conservation as a curatorial strategy, the project's interrelated individ ual studies discuss the displacement of architecture from various angles using multifaceted source material. The two core AHO researchers frame the topic of architectural decontextualization with two case studies, one on the vernacular on display, the sec ond studying the collecting of modern architecture. Two PhD positions will secure recruitment within an under-researched field, conducting research in contempory heritage studies and modern practices of architectural exhibitions. The first of these projec ts considers the question of reenactment in relation to curating architectural heritage; the second investigates the status of the architectural model in relation to the exhibition of architecture. A NIKU researcher investigates the re-use and display of spoils, studying the redistribution of Norwegian stave-church material within a culture of curating. A UiO scholar will study the imaginary architectural museum in the relation to the production of baroque engravings, adding to the mulitfaceted modes of exhibiting architecture. Two visiting professors (Columbia University and University in Kentucky) provide the project with unique competence in experimental conservation and exhibition history. A strong network of academics and practitioners offer an exc ellent forum for scholarly exchange across disciplines, discourses and countries, aiming to challenge the methodological boundaries of the disciplines involved.