by Lionel Bascom — April 28th, 2007 — 1 comment
Exhibitoronline reports:
Thinc Design, in partnership with Local Projects, LLC, has been named the lead exhibition design team for the World Trade Center Memorial Museum. Thinc is a international exhibition firm whose practice focuses on the developing intersection of society and exhibit making in the United States, Europe and South Africa. Local Projects is a design studio that tells stories in public spaces, museums and over the Internet combining information design, media and interactivity. Both firms are based in New York City.
Together, the team of Thinc with Local Projects is at the forefront of design for public spaces that combine extensive visitor engagement, multifaceted storytelling, diverse communities and evolving narratives utilizing artifacts, digital media, broad visitor participation and the Internet. The World Trade Center Memorial Museum’s subject, artifacts and public purpose call out urgently for an integrated approach to place, community and society utilizing traditional and new methodologies. As 9/11 was the most recorded event in history, the team’s experience integrating technology and media will be a central element of the project.
‘To be selected to design this museum is a great honor. The World Trade Center Memorial Museum will be a place of social interaction and one that reflects our belief that public places such as museums can have a direct and positive impact on society,’ said Tom Hennes, founder and creative director of Thinc. He continued, ‘We have explored this kind of institutional potential most recently in The Freedom Park in South Africa, a memorial and museum dedicated to the struggle for freedom and the ongoing process of South African nation-building. With the World Trade Center Memorial Museum, we hope to make a significant contribution here at home to the important processes of remembrance, healing and reconstruction following the horrific events of February 26, 1993 and September 11, 2001.
10:52 PM in Uncategorized, World Trade Center, Ground Zero, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News, Neighbourhood
What wonderful news to hear that this organization will be coordinating the exhibit arena for the Freedom Tower, making this venue one of intelligence on a variety of levels. There needs to be an awareness of the pain inflicted upon our nation, and the resilience of the citizenry after 9/11.
Moreover, there needs to be an awakening of the creative potential in our country. With the 2008 elections quickly approaching, our elected officials and those seeking election also need to cue into the true freedom existing within the mindset of humanity. It would be so wonderful to actually hear our candidates address the creative power of such entities as our Congress and local municipalities.
Perhaps with those individuals designing the Freedom Tower memorial, this awareness and tactful expression of grief can move the country, and maybe even the world, in a direction that will provide pragmatic innovation in association with reaction to the horrific events of 9/11.
Jeanne · April 28th, 2007 at 11:50 pm