Changing spaces: Machine project, critical pedagogy and reinventing the museum

Unrestricted This thesis will focus on a discussion of Mark Allen’s Machine Project and other select Los Angeles-based artist collectives in order to examine the efficacy of critical pedagogy as a progressive and nuanced form of institutional critique. First, I will analyze how Machine Project’s practice is informed by art production found in institutional critique as well as methods of critical pedagogy used by artists from the 1960s onward. Then, I will unpack the complexity of these two themes as they are used in Machine Project’s practice in order to examine the efficacy and level of agency in challenging institutional processes within the museum. My analysis of these topics will be supported by an in-depth investigation of two different interventions by Machine Project at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Hammer Museum.【无限制（Unrestricted）】本论文将聚焦于马克·艾伦（Mark Allen）的“机器项目（Machine Project）”以及其他精选的洛杉矶艺术家集体展开探讨，旨在检视批判教育学（critical pedagogy）作为一种渐进式且精细化的制度批判形式的有效性。首先，本研究将分析“机器项目”的实践如何受到制度批判艺术创作的影响，以及20世纪60年代以来艺术家所运用的批判教育学方法。随后，本研究将梳理“机器项目”实践中所运用的这两大主题的复杂内涵，以考察其在挑战博物馆内部制度流程时的有效性与能动性程度。本研究对上述议题的分析，将依托“机器项目”在洛杉矶郡艺术博物馆（Los Angeles County Museum of Art）与哈默博物馆（Hammer Museum）所开展的两项不同介入式实践的深度调研作为支撑。