Thought for the day...

Русский: Фестиваль Yota Space 2010 - MSA Visuals

“The old rules of not touching a work of art or of reverentially paying homage to each picture in a state of quiet awe are now gone….” 
-  Ossian Ward in his latest book Ways of Looking: How to experience Contemporary Art. 

What do you think? Do you agree or disagree? Do you think the experience of visiting a museum will be different for your children as it was for you as a kid?

I've been thinking quite a bit lately about what art museums are going to look like in the future. Will you be able to put on a VR headset and virtually step in to the painting? Could haptic gloves allow us to feel the art? All of these thoughts continually go back to technology's influence on the future of how we experience art. But before we get there with technology, contemporary artists are encouraging us to move beyond the standard "stand and stare" that we so often do when visiting a museum, and to get involved with the piece itself.

Check out these hands on exhibits and tell me what you think, is this just a trend or the wave of the future?