● BEYOND MATTER - Cultural Heritage on the verge of virtual reality

ZENTRUM FÜR KUNST UND MEDIEN KARLSRUHE (DE)

Centre National d'art et de Culture Georges-Pompidou (FR), Weiss Ag (DE), Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art Budapest (HU), Tallinn Art Hall (EE), Tirana Art Lab (AL), Aalto Korkeakoulusaatio Sr (FI)

State of the art

The idea of the project stems from the wish to disseminate artistic and cultural heritage content beyond the museum walls, independent from its geographical location, by digital means. Beyond Matter addresses this challenge while working with a spatial approach.

Description of the project

Beyond Matter takes cultural heritage and culture in development to the verge of virtual reality. It does this by reflecting on the virtual condition with a specific emphasis on its spatial aspects in art production, art curating, and mediating via various activities such as digital revival of past landmark exhibitions, art and archival exhibitions, artist residency programs, an online platform and publications. The project develops novel solutions for the accessible digital documentation and networked presentation of exhibitions that currently exist, or previously existed, in physical space. These methods will allow museums and galleries to document and revive their exhibitions in new ways.

Exhibition spaces are physical locations of knowledge production and exchange, where spatial qualities play an important role in the contextualization of information. Virtual productions, emulations, and revivals should therefore maintain these qualities.

Creative Europe’s support

Despite the importance of the issue addressed, the basic funds of institutions would not enable them to engage with the topic of the ‘virtual condition’ and its impact on the digital dissemination of cultural heritage and art. Creative Europe’s support made the project possible.

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Beyond Digitalisation

Beyond Matter’s Virtual Museum Toolkit will encompass practical and theoretical knowledge on the inclusion of virtual exhibitions in displaying and mediating artworks.

Contact

beyondmatter.eu Creative Europe Project Results