We are delighted to invite you to the Marjan Unger lecture on Friday 3 November 2023.
Recent acquisitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London include a pair of camera-enabled sunglasses that mark a step toward ubiquitous computing, a set of posters calling for solidarity with the women’s rights movement in Iran, and a pulse oximeter used to test blood oxygen levels at home. All have been acquired as part of the V&A’s Rapid Response Collecting programme – a model of collecting that through objects seeks to raise questions of globalisation, mass manufacture, demography and the law. Taking Rapid Response Collecting as a starting point, this talk will make a case for designed things and their ability to tell social and political stories and consider what role museums can play in helping navigate the realities of today's digital age.
Programme
19:00-19:30 Registration
19:30-20:30 Lecture
20:30-22:00 Drinks in the Foyer
20:30-22:00 Visit Exhibition Boijmans van Beuningen at Rijksmuseum and Perfect Day.
Price: €17,50
Location: Auditorium Rijksmuseum
The lecture will be held in English
Ticketsale will start 4 September
