Beyond the Myth, Penn Museum and University of the Arts, 2015

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Background:

Semester-long project focused on designing a theoretical exhibition in partnership with University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s Shang Dynasty collection.

Big Idea:

Without archaeology, the Shang Dynasty would still be a myth.

Goals:

  • This exhibition will increase visitors’ awareness of the Shang dynasty’s unique historical significance to Chinese culture.
  • Visitors will gain a greater understanding of how the discovery of artifacts illuminates the Shang dynasty’s myths and histories.
  • Visitors will understand history not as a singular truth but a collection of interpretations.

Objectives:

  • Visitors will learn about early writing and how it contributed to the process of recording stories by drawing their own pictograms/characters.
  • Visitors will be able to differentiate between myth and history as they appear in a spectrum of oral tradition to interpreted fact.
  • Visitors will touch objects and be able to describe how we believe they were originally used.

 

 

“Beyond the Myth” bubble plan, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015
“Beyond the Myth” floor plan, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015

 

 

“Beyond the Myth” illustrations, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015
“Beyond the Myth” illustrations, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015
“Beyond the Myth” illustrations, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015
“Beyond the Myth” illustrations, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015
“Beyond the Myth” illustrations, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015
“Beyond the Myth” illustrations, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015
“Beyond the Myth” illustrations, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015
“Beyond the Myth” illustrations, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015

 

 

“Beyond the Myth” model, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015
“Beyond the Myth” model, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015
“Beyond the Myth” model, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015
“Beyond the Myth” model, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and University of the Arts, 2015

 

 

Skills

  • Adobe Suite
  • Development and Design
  • Illustration
  • Model Making
  • Presentation
  • Research
  • Time Management