A Study On The Structure And Construction Of Narrative Exhibition

In the upsurge of narrative turn in the field of humanities and social sciences,museums have also begun to embrace narrative.However,the blur definition of narrative and the transformation of narratology research paradigm have made museum encounter great challenges in adopting storytelling,the instinctive tool for human understanding of the world.How does exhibition tell story?What is narrative exhibition?What is the structure of the narrative exhibition?How to construct a narrative exhibition?Answering those questions is urgent for the theoretical analysis of the exhibition communication strategy and the construction of the narrative exhibition.As a narrative medium,comparing exhibitions with classic narrative media such as novel and movie,we will find that narrative exhibition has unique characteristics in terms of spatial form,compulsory,and authenticity.After analyzing a large number of exhibition cases,it is considered that narrative and classification are the two major paradigms of the current museum exhibition making.But these two paradigms are not mutually exclusive.They can penetrate each other structurally.Organizing exhibitions by timelines is the main condition for judging whether it is a narrative exhibition,and narrativity is the communication characteristic of both narrative exhibitions and classified exhibitions.Each narrative medium has its own narrative structure,and the transformation of story between the media changes the way it is told.The communication mode of narrative exhibitions is embodied in a multi-level nested non-continuous weak logical linking process.The structure of the narrative exhibition is a feedback hopping model,which is different from the one-way model of novel and film.In the field of practice,the key steps in the construction of narrative exhibitions are the framework of exhibition planning and the spatial design of exhibition.Editing timeline is the most fundamental tool for exhibition maker to tell the story of the exhibition.The exhibition story is finally expressed in the form of a composite medium as a narrative space in the exhibition hall.The study of the structure and construction of narrative exhibitions is an expanded exploration of the museum exhibition development strategies.In the world of chaotic events,narratives may become a new hope for museums meaning making.