Instagram as an interpretive tool?#InstaManRay as a Case Study
Margaret Collerd SternberghThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston@margienchargie
Brooke RosenblattThe Phillips Collection@brookebarbin
Man Ray Human Equations: A Journey from Mathematics to Shakespeare
Contemporary photograph of mathematical model
Man Ray’s 1934 photograph of the same mathematical model
Man Ray’s 1948 painting, King Lear
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Did we meet our learning goals?
89%Followed instructions and took photo of mathematical model
11%Did not follow the prompt . . .
3% photo of holster, 3% other, 6% selfie
selfies . . . an indicator of engagement?
challenges: maintenance, touching, and unwanted followers
Can instagram be an in-galleryinterpretive tool?