Specifications include, but are not limited to: Supplier will design, fabricate and install a new temporary exhibition that will serve as a platform for exploring the development and rise of Machine Music in the City of Detroit between 1975 and 1995 and its relationship to the themes of Afrofuturist thought and its impact on postwar Detroit. Supplier will develop the conceptual design for an integrated, immersive exhibition experience for MSU Museum visitors, approximately 1500-2000 square feet. Supplier is charged with the overall design of the exhibition and exhibit-related areas including any audio-visual or interactive components working closely with the exhibition curator and MSUM Director of Exhibitions. Supplier will fabricate and install exhibition components in off-site gallery in East Lansing, MI. Note: this exhibition should be designed to travel. It is planned to open in East Lansing February 2025, then travel to a Detroit venue in summer, 2025. There have been inquiries from other institutions outside the state of Michigan to travel in the future. Supplier will build museum crates and create packing lists for travel, in other words the exhibition should be designed to be shipping ready. Note: The exhibition will be de-installed and packed by MSU Museum staff for travel to the Detroit venue. Supplier is not responsible for packing or transport to second destination. Responsibilities and Deliverables - s Prepare plans and renderings that illustrate the key components of the exhibition and the relationships between them. Create digital design assets for all components of the exhibition, incorporating content produced by MSU Museum. Create fabrication specifications to be used to build and install the exhibition. Assist in developing a projected exhibition construction schedule for installing the exhibit noting major deadlines and expected completion dates for major project components. Submit a complete fabrication plan for all aspects of the exhibition and the space in general, or will submit a complete list of confirmed subcontractors, with a complete budget, and proof of commitment, for all essential subcontractors, to fabricating the required components, according to spec, in the required time frame...
