Selfie Museum Summary

Summary of “An Art Museum Designed for Taking Selfies”

An “Art Museum Designed for taking Selfies”, by Laura C. Mallonee, is a piece that appears on the arts-devoted website, hyperallergic.com. Museums all around North America and Europe have had many difficulties in battling the “onslaught” (Mallonee) of photography loving museum goers, specifically banning selfie sticks while still allowing selfies in general. Mallonee explains that Manila, the capital city of the Philippines has opened the first interactive art museum which allows visitors to touch and take selfies with the artwork. With the intention of being more open-minded in the artistic world, the museum is made for selfies. The world's first selfie museum is called, “Art in Island”, and as Mallonee states, “Their interactive venue helps jaded museum-goers regain a healthy perspective on art”. The artwork in, “Art in Island”, allows for museum goers “to touch, sit on, and climb” (Mallonee) 3D structures of world most famous art pieces. Mallonee’s statement is strong in the sense that she is calling museum-goers “jaded”, because of her choice of words, the reader will self-reflect on themselves. Thus causing them to want to improve their creativity with a more open mindset with new interactive art appreciation practices. The artwork is not complete until the museum goer completes it, so selfies are encouraged. The best part of this museum according to Mallonee is that it won’t take days to traverse the building, it will only take around 2 hours!