H.H. LIM

The Making of a Point of View
reflections over
Indonesian and Malaysian
collections
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Museo delle Civiltà
Museo preistorico etnografico
“L. Pigorini”
Roma

opening
23/2/2018, h.16:30

with a performative intervention by
GAIA RIPOSATI
ASCOLTA

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As part of the European project SWICH – Sharing a World of Inclusion, Creativity and
Heritage (2015-2018), the Museum of Civilizations invited H.H. Lim to take part in the artist
residency programme “Outside In – Illuminating Guests” (2016-2017). During the residency,
H.H. Lim researched the Asian collections of the Museum of Civilizations – “L. Pigorini”
Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography, with particular attention to the objects originating
from Indonesia and Malaysia, interacting with the curators and staff of the museum on the theme: “The Making of a Point of View”.

The artist and the curators of the museum were involved in a series of exchanges and
reflections on the construction of alternative and experimental ways of interpreting and
exhibiting the ethnographic objects, a long process of dialogue that went through various
phases, from the study of the collections to the conception of the final exhibition.
Thanks to this process, the previously un-exhibited collections of the museum were
reinterpreted, innovating museum procedures with new languages and experiences.
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Museo delle Civiltà
Settore Comunicazione e Promozione
Francesco Aquilanti, Gianfranco Calandra, Gabriella Manna
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