Hacking the Museum: Mandela27 - A Democratic DIY Pop-Up Installation

Jacqueline Cawston; Nomatashayina Mfecoe; David  Powell; Dimitar Angelov

doi:10.29311/mas.v21i1.4289

Hacking the Museum: Mandela27 - A Democratic DIY Pop-Up Installation

Jacqueline Cawston, Nomatashayina Mfecoe, David Powell, Dimitar Angelov

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Abstract

In Mandela27 the museum was ‘hacked’ to create a democratic Do-it-Yourself
(DIY) pop-up exhibition, inspired by the story of Nelson Mandela’s incarceration.
The installation tells the story of the journey from apartheid to democracy and
reconciliation in South Africa through a 360 video, archival photographs, a
digital game and an interactive timeline – all displayed from within a symbolic
reconstruction of Mandela’s cell in Robben Island Prison.
The project succeeded in involving a range of diverse audiences, including visitors
from under-represented social groups, through its design as a low-cost, pop-up
physical/digital installation. It was the design of Mandela27 that allowed it to be
made available and freely accessible online across Europe and South Africa,
where it has been displayed in multiple ways by local communities. Since 2015,
the installation has been exhibited at over 50 venues to over 184,000 people
and is still touring in 2023.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	87-105
Number of pages	19
Journal	Museum and Society
Volume	21
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.29311/mas.v21i1.4289
Publication status	Published - 16 May 2023

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Democratic
Mandela

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