PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Museums have the responsibility to deconstruct their historically situated assumptions, missions, metaphors, conventions and practices [...] however museums are still caught into different dichotomised narratives that are presented as objective “truths”.
Source: Carla Padró (museummediators.eu)
Hands on, demonstration, initiation
show and touch objects
explain and engage with participative methods
I have experience with targeted actions of cultural mediation with patrimonial or academic institutions. I really think that academics should use these opportunities more often to diffuse their work to a wider audience - usually restricted to closed circles of experts.
Engaging with the public is key for me to build a better understanding of the figure of the knight - his armour and his martial knowledge -, biased by broadly diffused misconceptions. Read more about this (blogpost The Medievalists, 2016).
Educational Short Films
Displayed in Museum exhibition, and free to view on YouTube (totalling 5 mio views)
Obstacle run in armour
Displayed in the exhibition "Armatus Corpus" (Military Museum, Castle of Morges, October-November 2016)
> 400’000 views on Youtube (with a pitch at 7 mio views)
Combattre en armure au XVe siècle
Displayed in the exhibition "L'Épée. Usages, mythes et symboles" (National Museum of the Middle Ages, Paris. April-September 2011).
> 3.5 mio views on Youtube
Can you move in armour?
Displayed in the exhibition "Armatus Corpus" (Military Museum, Castle of Morges, October-November 2016)
> 1.3 mio views on Youtube
Movement studies
Displayed in the exhibition Iron Men - Fashion in Steel (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien, March-June 2022)
> no data (on their website)
Curated museum exhibitions
I have curated or co-curated exhibitions on European martial arts. More is being planned!
I have contributed to exhibitions in Paris, Leeds, Vienna, Munich, New York, see my CV.
European Martial Arts. From Vulcan’s Forge to the Arts of Mars
Curators: Roberto Gotti, Daniel Jaquet and Iason Tzouriadis
Language: Russian and English
Minsk, Michael Savitsky Gallery, 01 May - 30 September 2019
The exhibition was part of the cultural program of the 2nd European Games 2019, with conferences and gala tournaments of Historical European Martial Arts. Learn more about it on the website, see also the exhibition catalogue.
En Garde! Le maniement des armes à travers les âges
Curator: Daniel Jaquet
Language: French and English
Morges, Château de Morges et ses Musées, 06 October 2019 - 30 May 2020
This exhibition included monthly HEMA demonstration by the Swiss Federation for Historical European Martial Arts (SWISS HEMA), as well as many interactive installations allowing the visitors to engage with both fight books and bladed weapon simulators. Learn more about it on the website, see also the exhibition catalogue (open access).
Alarm! Martial Culture in late Medieval Towns
Curators: Daniel Jaquet, Sandra Niccolidi, Regula Schmid
Language: French and German
Solothurn, Museum Altes Zeughaus, 15 October 2022 - 29 May 2023
This exhibition was set up in partnership with the research project at the University of Bern, entitled “Martial Culture in Medieval Towns”. It presents new insights about urban martial culture and includes interactive video installations, as well as Online content on our research blog. You’ll find an English companion volume (forthcoming September 2022).
Featuring in the exhibition Iron Men - Fashion in Steel
Curator: Stefan Krause
Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 29 March - 26 June 2022
I happily took part in the project, as the armour which my replica is based on is kept in that museum. I could make educational videos (displayed in the exhibition), and promotional videos for social networks. They were highlights of the exhibition ;)