Extra event 1: Museum of Chinese Industry

As a citizen of Shenyang, I felt proud that the Museum of Chinese Industry is located here. Shenyang is one of the largest industrial cities in China. A lot of technological advances happened here. Visiting the museum was to get familiar with the history of China’s technological development.

When I typed down the word ‘history’, technology here is already connected to a kind of art. Most people would agree with me that museums and art cannot be separated. I have a friend who is studying museum management in Australia. Her professor told her that no matter what kind of museum she is in charge of, the way people display objects is always art. Now, in Museum of Chinese Industry, machines become the subject to be appreciated by visitors. In this museum, I just find it so easy to connect modern technology with art.

What I found interesting was the machine tool which made the nation’s first national emblem. The machine was first designated to make other machines, not to make only emblems. Hence, I concluded that modern art had a lot in common with modern technology.

Visiting the Museum of Chinese Industry is a combination of history enrichment and art education. Making machinery the subject of art was never in my mind throughout the course. This visit made me realize the artistic value of machinery exhibition. There are a lot of former factories that are transformed into art zones, where artists build their galleries. I look forward to visit some of them as well.

 

Reference:

Museum of Chinese Industry, http://www.chnim.org/index/
Museum of Chinese Industry, Wikepedia Chinese, http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%B7%A5%E4%B8%9A%E5%8D%9A%E7%89%A9%E9%A6%86