Moderna Museet Display Trays

Designed by Pontus Hulten and Renzo Piano, this self-curated art experience allows visitors to the Moderna Museet in Stockholm to choose which art they would like to view at any point. There is a computer interface which allows the visitor to chose which artist, or type of painting. A robotic lift system chooses the appropriate tray and pulls it down from the stacks to the level of the viewer. When the visitor is finished they can chose another tray and continue their museum experience. This way of exhibiting art allowed a larger collection of works to be exhibited in a smaller space and directly responds to the idea that we are now living in a database society, where information can be streamed to us on demand. And in fact, we expect information to be presented to us as we please and are frustrated by inaccessibility.