Reinterpretation of Kingston Museum's Muybridge Collection for contemporary public engagement

金斯顿博物馆拥有Eadweard Muybridge（1830-1904）的四个杰出档案收藏之一，他是金斯顿出生的摄影师，是运动和电影投影研究的先驱。该系列具有独特的地方联系，因为它是由迈布里奇本人于1904年捐赠的。然而，考虑到迈布里奇的作品在整个现代文化中的国际影响力和遗产，迈布里奇及其作品在当地的公众形象和认可度相对较低，该系列尚未得到充分利用，并与当代当地观众联系起来。已确定需要采用创造性和吸引人的方法重新解释《汇编》。从2017年起，麦布里奇收藏将通过创新和创造性的当代艺术沿着金斯顿博物馆其他以麦布里奇为重点的公共项目，通过探索和重新呈现来重新诠释。我的研究将调查金斯顿博物馆的麦布里奇收藏的重新诠释的含义和影响，通过当代艺术，为当地公众参与。除了对历史的文献研究和对历史收藏品的重新解释理论之外，还将对其他具有历史收藏品的英国博物馆进行检查，以重新解释其收藏品。我也将进一步研究麦布里奇博物馆的其他主要藏品，以及这些藏品如何为当代观众进行现代改编。通过这项研究，我希望能够阐明当代艺术在重新解读金斯顿博物馆的麦布里奇藏品中所扮演的角色，以及它们对当前当地观众的影响。我还希望通过提供重新解释定义的历史藏品的实用案例研究，将研究成果扩展到英国其他当地博物馆。

Kingston Museum holds one of the four pre-eminent archival collections of Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), a Kingston-born photographer who pioneered studies of movement and motion-picture projection. The Collection has a distinctive local connection since it was donated by Muybridge himself in 1904. However, considering the international influence and legacy of Muybridge's works throughout modern culture, Muybridge and his work have a relatively low local public profile and recognition, and the Collection has not been fully utilised and connected with contemporary local audiences. A need for the reinterpretation of the Collection, using creative and engaging methods, has been identified. The Muybridge Collection will be reinterpreted by exploring and re-presenting it through innovative and creative contemporary arts, along with other Muybridge-focused public programmes at Kingston Museum from 2017.My research will investigate the implications and impact of the reinterpretation of Kingston Museum's Muybridge Collection, through contemporary arts, for local public engagement. Alongside literature research into history and theories of the reinterpretation of historic collections, other UK museums with defined historic collections will be examined for the contemporary reinterpretation of their collections. Further research on other major Muybridge collections and the modern adaptation of those collections for contemporary audiences will also be undertaken.Through this research, I hope to delineate the roles of contemporary arts for the reinterpretation of Kingston Museum's Muybridge Collection and their implications for current local audiences. I would also hope to extend the outcomes of the research to other local museums in the UK, by providing a practical case study for the reinterpretation of a defined historic collection.