Contempory art made with museums blurs the boundaries between historian, archaeologist and artist by approaching artefacts with a modern view. This releases a new sense of life to something that people may not remember or be interested in prior to the new collaboration.
By using something historical can engage an different audience or can widen the depth of a work, I believe does not necessarily make the work about something old. For my practise it may be beneficial to study collections that will create background knowledge to then inform the structure of a sculpture or to engage me in a different manor of display that would more closely link to the historical influences and could be the conversation that I as an artist am having in response to the historical space of a museum.
I feel collaborations between artist and museums are brilliant opportunities for both parties to engage with audiences that otherwise may never encounter the space or works that the collaboration facilitates.
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