The Museum as Threshold

Abstract

This essay examines the intersection between digital technologies and contemporary museology, taking Giuliano Gaia’s Il Museo Immediato (2024) as a critical reference point. It argues that immediacy in museums should not be equated with speed or superficial engagement, but understood as a relational and perceptual threshold. Drawing on theoretical frameworks from Claire Bishop, Bruno Latour, Boris Groys, Lev Manovich, and others, the essay explores how digital tools—artificial intelligence, blockchain, 3D printing, immersive interfaces—can be integrated into curatorial practice to enhance depth, participation, and the experiential continuity of the museum. The essay situates these reflections within the author’s curatorial practice at Future, proposing a model where the museum is conceived as a living organism, a hybrid space that mediates between slowness and immediacy.

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