试论博物馆物语境化阐释的新方法:“物件剧场”

A New Method for the Contextual Interpretation of Museum Objects:Object Theatre

物经由博物馆化后进入博物馆,与使用时空彻底隔离,陷入“失语”状态,这对博物馆转型时代观众的学习和理解极为不利。为此,博物馆引入“物件剧场”,它有助于使物成为对话系统中的主角,借由过程化现象来讲故事,并创建最少干扰的整体体验以实现再语境化。在回顾学术史的基础上,揭示物件剧场的实践逻辑——一种探索博物馆物语境化的新方法,进而可提炼出研究与人相关的信息、探索信息的感官表达等四种实践方法。尽管物件剧场同样适用于我国,但面临真实性质疑、感官超负荷等挑战,为此需省思使用该方法的限度。作为丰富博物馆表达手段的新方法,物件剧场本质上创建了与情感关联的空间叙事,为观众打造出意想不到的视听体验,彰显了物的初级情境和博物馆学情境相融的新趋势和新可能。

When objects enter the museum through musealization,they are isolated from the time and space in which they were used and fall into a state of"aphasia",which is detrimental to the learning in the museum.Object Theatre turns objects into the characters of the dialogue system,tells stories via proceduralization,and creates an overall experience with minimum interference to achieve the re-contextualization of objects.Based on a review of previous studies on Object Theatre,this article points out that Object Theater is a new approach to exploring the contextualization of museum objects.Practice methods,which include"studying information related to people"and"exploring sensory expressions of information",are suggested.While Object Theatre might apply to the museum practice in China,the challenges regarding the authenticity of objects and the risk of sensory overload should be concerned with further studies on its limitation.As a new approach to enriching the means of museum expression,Object Theatre essentially creates a spatial narrative associated with emotions,providing an exceptional audiovisual experience for the audience and demonstrating a new trend and possibility for the integration of the original and musealized contexts of museum objects.