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Museum Engagement as Speculative Design: Welcoming Remarks

Welcome and Opening Remarks (in order of appearance): Professor David Crow, Pro Vice-Chancellor/Head of Colleges (Camberwell, Chelsea, Wimbledon, UAL) Tim Corum, Director of Curatorial and Public Engagement, Horniman Museum and Gardens Dr Emma-Louise Nicholls, Deputy Keeper of Natural History, Horniman Museum and Gardens Dr Dan Byrne-Smith, Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Theory at Chelsea College of Arts, and Art, Design and Natural History Fellow, Horniman Museum and Gardens * * Symposium: Museum Engagement as Speculative Design 15 March 2019 Camberwell College of Arts, London If speculative design can be a catalyst for redefining reality, what are the implications for how concepts of audience engagement might be imagined in and around museums and other spaces of collection and display? Drawing upon Dunne and Raby’s idea that design speculations can promote discussion and debate, as well as proposing alternative narratives to the ways things are now, this one-day symposium considered how speculative design might be used to explore how museum spaces can be reconfigured as social platforms. Bringing together practitioners from different fields, the event offered a trans-disciplinary approach in exploring the following questions: How can interpretative tools be applied to collections? How can dialogue and discussion be stimulated? Can exploring design through problems rather solutions encourage agency and action in museum audiences? Are there effective techniques for responding to the urgent challenges presented in today’s world? Convened by Dr Dan Byrne-Smith, Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Theory at Chelsea College of Arts, emerging out of his role as the Horniman Museum Art, Design and Natural History Fellow. Presented by Research Events: Camberwell, Chelsea, Wimbledon (UAL). Event coordination: Gabriele Grigorjeva