Museum of Broken Relationships: Co-Creation and Digital vs. Physical Memory
On November 9 at 4:30 PM, the eighth Open Doors talk will take place, hosted by Fondazione Brescia Musei, Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali, and the Network of European Museum Organizations. This event will be accessible online and at Auditorium Santa Giulia in Brescia, focusing on participation as co-creation. Drazen Grubisic, the director of the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, highlights the museum's reliance on crowd-sourced stories and objects. Established 16 years ago, it is Croatia's most popular museum, boasting over 60 exhibitions globally. Grubisic aims to foster community through personal narratives and plans to grow the collection, potentially including a showcase in Italy. His efforts have also prompted legal reforms in Croatia for private museums.
Key facts
- Eighth Open Doors talk on November 9, 2022, at 4:30 PM.
- Organized by Fondazione Brescia Musei, Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali, and Network of European Museum Organizations.
- Topic: participation as co-creation using digital technologies.
- Drazen Grubisic is director and co-founder of Museum of Broken Relationships, Zagreb.
- Museum won 2011 Kenneth Hudson Award for Europe's Most Innovative Museum.
- Started 16 years ago as a traveling exhibition; now over 60 shows on five continents.
- Museum is Croatia's most visited.
- Grubisic believes physical objects are more valuable than digital traces.
- Museum inspired legal changes in Croatia, allowing private museums.
- First Italian exhibition is planned but not yet realized.
Entities
Artists
- Drazen Grubisic
- Olinka Vištica
- Anselm Kiefer
- Anish Kapoor
- Helen Fisher
Institutions
- Fondazione Brescia Musei
- Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali
- Network of European Museum Organizations
- Museum of Broken Relationships
- Alte Pinakothek
Locations
- Brescia
- Italy
- Zagreb
- Croatia
- Venice
- Munich
- Germany
- Sarajevo
- Bosnia and Herzegovina