Museum Objects Revealed

Take a look at the List Center’s exhibitions from a new perspective. Join Jessica Sarah Rinland of the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology to discover more about Carissa Rodriguez: The Maid. The talk will focus on Rinland’s multi-layered art work Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another, which culminates in a replica ceramic elephant tusk and a film that chronicles the process of the object coming into being. The work invites reflection upon forms of representation, replicas, and embodiments of materials, disciplines, and institutions. The project was made in collaboration with conservators, scientists, archaeologists, ceramicists, and technicians across various museums including The Harvard Art Museums. This approach allowed for a disruption of perspectives and methods in the field of conservation, creating new ways of thinking for everyone involved.