Introducing META Editorials
We are pleased to announce META Editorials. In distinction to our more focused partnerships with academic and governmental organisations, our new editorial platform leaps into topics from unexpected angles, hoping to catch them by surprise.
For our inaugural issue, we tracked the Museum. Its origins in Greek antiquity lead us to the notion of a “temple of the muses”, hosting the goddesses of arts and sciences. Today, they are going through an existential undoing, pressured to reverse colonial forces which looted valuable artworks from around the world, while being challenged by new virtual forms of real time culture-sharing and exchange. Additionally, they are facing new demands of addressing wider audiences, becoming more interactive, and transcending the walls of the buildings through public works.
In this issue, we speak with Paola Antonelli —Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art— on the evolving role of design in a world shaped by ecological crisis, technological acceleration, and shifting cultural narratives.
We exchange with curator and director of Acute Art Daniel Birnbaum to reflect on the evolving role of museums and the shifting infrastructures of contemporary art in a globalized, post-pandemic world.
We discuss how augmented reality can reclaim space, rewrite history, and restore erased narratives with Idris Brewster—artist, technologist, and founder of Kinfolk Tech.
We hear from Jorrit Britschgi, the Executive Director of the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, about the museum’s bold decision to close its physical space in New York in favor of a decentralized model focused on global partnerships and digital engagement.
The issue also features work from artists Jens Settergren, contemporary art critic Stephanie Cristello, cartoonist Jeremy Nguyen.
The Museums issue was edited by Savinien Caracostea and Naz Ozbek, and can be read online.