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What is Talk to Me?
Talk to Me is an exhibition on the communication between people and objects that opened at The Museum of Modern Art on July 24th 2011. It features a wide range of objects from all over the world, from interfaces and products to diagrams, visualizations, and furniture, dreamed up by by bona-fide designers, students, scientists, all designed in the past few years or currently under development.
As you can tell, our net was cast very wide and the exhibition happened at the end of a long hunting and gathering exercise. This online journal has documented the process and progress of Talk to Me, and lives on to prolong the delight and continue the conversation.
While doing our research we used this blog as a tool to organize out findings: under the queue tab you could find projects that piqued our interest and were awaiting further research, whereas if something was tagged as checked, it had already gone successfully through the initial phase and it sat in our preliminary database, categorized by type of design. When we began organizing the exhibition and the catalogue, we classified our finds in a new way, by scale, under the who's talking? tab. This is how they remain organized today in the exhibition, catalogue and on the official website for the show, www.moma.org/talktome.
By allowing you behind the scenes of Talk to Me, we hope to shed some light on the curatorial process.
—the TTM curatorial team archive
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beyond the galleries
Exhibition Countdown
The Museum of Modern Art
July 24–November 7, 2011
July 24–November 7, 2011
Talking Families: Part 11
Between September 17 and October 15, kids ages 10 to 14 and their parents/caregivers participated in a MoMA Family Art Workshop connected to Talk to Me. After viewing and discussing objects in the exhibition, the family groups developed their own communication-related inventions. We have invited them to share their projects here.
Inventors: Sophie and Lisa
Age of inventors: 10, and 10+
Invention: Mini Mom
The Mini Mom will connect you easily with your mom; with a simple push of a button, mothers and children are connected. The child wears the break-away neck piece while the adult can track the child and remain in contact.
Inventors: Drew and Kendra
Age of inventors: 12, and 46
Invention: The Key Phone
You will never have to remember your keys again because your keys are now a part of your phone.
Inventors: Emily and Jennifer
Age of inventors: 13, and 45
Invention: Willow Message
An aesthetically pleasing message center where messages (color coded depending on purpose, or which person the message is intended for) hang on wire hooks. The feel of this object emulates a willow tree, and serves as a centerpiece for counters or tables.
Inventors: Kianni and Ke
Age of inventors: 10, and 10+
Invention: Track-A-Pet
Track-A-Pet is the next step in storing a pet’s info. More than just a stylish tag, the vet can scan it for information about the pet and its history all in one.
Inventors: Olga, Maria, and Irena
Age of inventors: 13, and 10
Invention: Helpful Bear
This bear is intended to calm a fussy child. It will approach a crying child and respond by making funny noises. When it gets the child to start laughing, then, its job is done.
Inventors: Anna Marie, Michael, Ella Volynskiy
Age of inventors: 9, 12, and 12+
Invention: The Friendly Garbage Bot
Friendly Garbage Bot is a robot that collects garbage from any room within a home. It has collapsible legs to make it taller or shorter. It also sorts items for recycling from the landfill trash. It has a friendly face, and is easy to use with the remote control.