Talk
BIO50}hotel and the Museum as a Participatory Platform
Jan Boelen, Alessandro Fonte, Silvia Susanna
Oct 20th 2018 | 4 pm
Motel Win-win / TAC Eindhoven
Dutch Design Week
Can cultural exchange be seen as a new currency? In an interactive talk, Silvia Susanna and Alessandro Fonte together with Jan Boelen will investigate several issues including the design as negotiation and the museum as an underused infrastructure. They will also reflect on the legacy of BIO50 in relation to BIO50}hotel and the research platform nanotourism. Alessandro and Silvia explored museum as a participatory platform with their exhibition hotel model BIO50}hotel that provided hospitality within the exhibition space in exchange for cultural contribution. The project was established at BIO50, the 24th Biennial of Design Ljubljana, curated by Jan Boelen.












