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Analyzing Disney's Early Exhibits as Installation Art Work

Analyzing Disney's Early Exhibits as Installation Art Work

Jonathan Lillie, Michelle Jones-Lillie
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781466681422|ISBN10: 146668142X|EISBN13: 9781466681439
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8142-2.ch014
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Lillie, Jonathan, and Michelle Jones-Lillie. "Analyzing Disney's Early Exhibits as Installation Art Work." Handbook of Research on Maximizing Cognitive Learning through Knowledge Visualization, edited by Anna Ursyn, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 415-434. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8142-2.ch014

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Lillie, J. & Jones-Lillie, M. (2015). Analyzing Disney's Early Exhibits as Installation Art Work. In A. Ursyn (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Maximizing Cognitive Learning through Knowledge Visualization (pp. 415-434). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8142-2.ch014

Chicago

Lillie, Jonathan, and Michelle Jones-Lillie. "Analyzing Disney's Early Exhibits as Installation Art Work." In Handbook of Research on Maximizing Cognitive Learning through Knowledge Visualization, edited by Anna Ursyn, 415-434. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8142-2.ch014

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Abstract

This chapter compares several Disney exhibits—particularly those narrativizing technological innovation—to immersive installation artwork in order to explore the importance of narrative and textual reference in creating powerful immersive installations as presentation of technological and scientific knowledge through multiple media. The narrative craft of exhibits such as the Ford Magic Skyway and GE Carousel of Progress, which Disney created for the 1964-65 World's Fair in New York, are compared to works within the genre of installation art, which has developed greatly since the 1960s. Similar to Disney, many artists have deployed immersive installation art exhibits to envelop audiences in a detailed aesthetic and conceptual narrative. Some educational institutions have also used experiential education installations, especially for teaching scientific concepts.

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