MUSEUM ENVIRONMENTS AND INSTALLATION DESIGN

Autores/as

  • Selma Kozak Asst. Prof. Dr., Kutahya Dumlupınar University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Visual Communication Design, Kutahya, Turkey orcid.org/0000-0003-0469-5922

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejsss.v11i5.2107

Palabras clave:

installation art, installation design in museums, avant-garde approaches, Marcel Duchamp, exhibition techniques

Resumen

Installation is a widespread art form, as well as a design concept and strategy, with its origins rooted in Avant-Garde Art. Installation manifests in museum environments in a variety of ways. In this context, installation serves both as an artistic expression and as a display strategy with a unique aesthetic within the museum environment. Installation design in museums sometimes incorporates typographic elements and creates an intense and interactive viewing experience. The aim of this study is to examine the phenomenon of installation both as an art form and a design strategy, to reveal the meaning and significance of installation design within the museum environment, and to analyze and define the subject through its components and examples. Accordingly, the research methodology includes site-specific analysis methods involving on-site observation and analysis in 33 globally recognized museums, as well as literature review and descriptive methods.

 

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Biografía del autor/a

  • Selma Kozak, Asst. Prof. Dr., Kutahya Dumlupınar University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Visual Communication Design, Kutahya, Turkey orcid.org/0000-0003-0469-5922

    Selma Kozak is an academic and graphic designer who graduated from the Department of Graphic Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Dumlupınar University, Turkey, in 2011. In 2022, she completed her doctoral studies at the Institute of Fine Arts, Dokuz Eylül University, with a dissertation titled Environmental Graphic Design and Public Installation in the Context of 21st Century Postmodernism. Between 2019 and 2020, she conducted her doctoral research as a Visiting Researcher at Yale University, Yale School of Art, Graphic Design (MFA) Department, under the supervision of Prof. Sheila Levrant de Bretteville. During this period, her public installation Things Inside Me / Gaslighting (2019) was exhibited in New Haven, Connecticut, and later shown again at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven upon invitation by Nasty Women Connecticut. She has a substantial body of published articles, book chapters, and conference papers at the international level. Her recent work and research focus on public installation, installation design and art, exhibition design, environmental graphic design, feminist design, new media, and digital installations. In addition, her current research and publications explore posthumanism and posthumanist design.

    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0469-5922

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Publicado

2025-12-29

Número

Vol. 11 Núm. 5 (2025)

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