Over the past years, installation art has developed into a mainstream of contemporary art. Museums have increasingly been acquiring inside installations, which differ from traditional art forms. Installation art is expansive and often accessible to the viewer, thus making it possible to experience from many different angles. This type of art can be composed of a great variety of materials. Plastic watering cans, video projections and living room sofas can form a work of art together with hundreds of other objects. Often the visual experience is enriched with smell and haptic elements.
Although the sculptural possibilities are limitless, the challenges for a museum are that much larger: how can inside installations be preserved in their authenticity so that they can be experienced by future generations?
The Doerner Institut was an active partner in the European research project Inside Installations. It is promoted by the programme Culture 2000 of the European Commission, which began in 2004 with the goal of supporting the care and administration of inside installations and presenting it to the public on its website. The project ended in May 2007.
