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DIGITAL INTERPRETATION

​WHAT IS COLLECTING?

Collections of objects are the foundation of most museums. Museums preserve, exhibit, and interpret collections. Explore the concept of museum collections as well as personal collections through games and activities with this interactive digital tool. 

​iPad Interactive: Create, Connect, Contemplate

The works of art in Crossing Borders link with adjacent paintings, using patterns, materials, and figures from one canvas to the next. I invited visitors to create their own “border crossings” by choosing an artwork from the exhibition and layering smaller images from artworks on top of it, forming a new composition and accompanying story. After completing their new composite artwork, they reflected on their experience and built empathy by considering the challenges and rewards, as they “crossed borders” into unfamiliar territory (in this case, an artwork created by someone else), as refugees do.​

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