Łukasz Wróbel: Exhibitions Are Not Spectator Sports
History is usually considered grim stuff that is better left to older generations. Especially in Central Europe, it is considered more of a burden than anything else. Getting the attention of younger generations is harder and harder. That said, there is group of young professionals in Poland who have decided to look at history (especially museums and exhibitons) from a different perspective – not as a burden, but as an opportunity. This is not simply for philosophical or social reflection, but as a business opportunity by means of which they can make a living and contribute to public debate. “History is the reality in which we live,” says Lukasz Wróbel who teaches literary theory at the University of Warsaw and, at the same time, prepares scenarios, scripts, and concepts for different exhibitions and multimedia presentations in this new niche of business we might call “museum outsourcing.”
