Reinventing curatorial research: The museum as a laboratory for artistic learning during lockdown

Abstract

This paper engages in a reflexive analysis of a curatorial research project conducted in the museum when access was restricted due to the 2020 lockdown. This case study follows an action research design and was located at the Luis Seoane Foundation (A Coruña). This is a physical and virtual space for artistic and educational experimentation. This space emerges from the need to reinvent museum didactics and participant guidance from a new perspective. Thus, an online community was activated where museum staff, artists and other contributors could participate, showing how cultural spaces seek a more direct relationship attuned to their environment. The authors used an ethnographic method based on participant observation, including visual archives and artistic production as fundamental tools of this Arts-based Educational Research.