Museum Mania – Exploring new meaning in art through play

Anupama Gupta

Museum Mania – Exploring new meaning in art through play

How can applied games be designed as an interactive tool that increases the interest of children and families in art museums?

Game Design

«Art raises emotions and is expressive. Then, why are art museums considered to be boring?» This research project focuses on making stereotype art museum visits playful to create significant art experiences.

As the prototype of an applied game for art museums, The Museum Mania Magic Box is designed in three steps: prepare, play and create, thus bringing diversity into art education. It is an analogue cooperative multiplayer game for families and elementary school children based on the simple mechanics «seek and find», and it can be played at the Zurich Art Museum (Kunsthaus). The aim of this adaptable box is to expand the visitors’ creative capabilities, like observation, concentration and implementation, in own constructive drawings, which result in new ways of independent, playful learning.

Mentoring:
René Bauer, Prof. Dr. Margarete Jahrmann

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