DETAIL Digital Exhibition Pilot Projects

In this section, we summarize the development process of each pilot project exhibition and the strategies we implemented to support the variety of media and challenges we encountered. Prior to the DETAIL project, we had created digital exhibitions for ourselves, collaborators, and clients, but by partnering with three guest curators we were able to create more robust exhibitions with a variety of media.

We sought to include artists with varying levels of digital expertise, from those deeply embedded in digital practices to those working in more traditional, offline mediums. This diversity helped ensure our tools could accommodate a wide range of artistic approaches. Each pilot project followed a carefully structured ten-month timeline: three months of curatorial research, with support from gallery staff and developers; three months of intensive development and artist collaboration; one month of thorough bug-testing; and a three-month public exhibition period.

Each curator took the lead in selecting artists and determining exhibition platforms, while we provided guidance on technical constraints, such as file-size limitations and platform capabilities. The development process emphasized direct collaboration between us and the artists, working one-on-one to install each artwork. These installations generated what is now available in the Resource section of this webpage. The following exhibition summaries aim to further illustrate the possibilities of the DETAIL tools