Category: ENG1101 Project #4

Reminders:

• Project #3 is due on 11/26/18 by the start of class
• We will work on the Glossument in class so be sure to have your book
• We will work on drafting parts of Project #4, so be sure to have more materials developed in your Glossument as the foundation for your work on Project #4

Writing didactics/labels/wall text for our Glossument projects:

• Write about the page/spread
• refer to the artist in 3rd person if at all
• the genre of this writing is not a reflection piece
• about a paragraph or two
• aim for 50 words
• audience: visitors/viewers
  • some are knowledgeable
  • some are invested
  • some want to learn but don’t know much
• jargon vs instructive language? aim to reach a wide audience
• name each piece so it’s easier to refer to it. Could be the word you’re representing, or that word in a phrase, or something else
• write about:
  • choices you made
  • your method
  • what materials and why
  • what effect you aimed for
  • how you see it represent the word you’re depicting
  • How this page/spread represents your theme, or, How this page/spread fits within your overall Glossument book
• some resources:
  • https://mgnsw.org.au/sector/resources/online-resources/exhibition/exhibition-labelling/
  • http://eric-leyland.blogspot.com/2011/09/guidelines-for-good-interpretive-text.html
  • https://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/2015/aug/04/writing-gallery-texts-panels-common-mistakes-interpretation
  • https://evmuseography.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/5-basis-for-museums-didactics/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_label
• Add your first didactic panel as a post, including a photograph of the page you’re writing about; Comment on at least one classmate’s post by Wednesday Friday, 11/30
  • Use the category ENG 1101 Project #4
  • Use any tags you think are appropriate