Lifelines concept Museum as Platform

1. LIFELINES
Museum as Platform
SISTEMA MUSEO BERROCAL
Domus Academy MID2010 . final project .
Judit Pinzón Navarro
Monday, October 4, 2010

2. VISIT ENHANCEMENT
LIFELINES: Berrocal+time+space+people
PROBLEM SETTING
· Need of contextualization of works of art in museum experiences.
· People like/dislike artwork but lack background info to understand it.
· Timelines: conventional way of giving framework.
Functional & practical representations but boring & dull.
Stand-alone pieces placed at the beginning of exhibitions.
Difficult for visitors to come back to them.
Monday, October 4, 2010

3. VISIT ENHANCEMENT
LIFELINES: Berrocal+time+space+people
OBJECTIVE
· Contextualize Berrocal’s artwork
· Focalize on his social network & contributions
· Provide rich network visualizations and information of the relations
between Berrocal, people, places and things that marked his life,
through the use of tangible and engaging interfaces.
Monday, October 4, 2010

4. VISIT ENHANCEMENT
LIFELINES: Berrocal+time+space+people
SOLUTION
Connected museum platform in which people can enhance their visit
individually, through ‘compasses’ which interact with the artwork and
allow contextualization at any time, and collectively, through a
culminating installation where their experience is expanded, shared and
re-contextualized. Both types of input are linked throughout the visit.
COMPASS + INSTALLATION
Monday, October 4, 2010

5. VISIT ENHANCEMENT
LIFELINES: Berrocal+time+space+people
CONTENT TOPICS
1) Berrocal (art+legacy+technique+exhibits)
2) People (mentors+art dealers+artists+friends)
3) Places
4) World (historic events)
5) Culture (music+trends+ideas)
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6. Contains an RFID reader to identify
the examined artworks.
LIFELINES By combining content topics, visitors
obtain rich visualizations of contextual
COMPASS information for the art pieces.
These are saved in the compass's
memory and can be re-lived at the
end of the journey in the 'Lifelines'
installation.
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7. LIFELINES
INSTALLATION
The strings represent the years of the
timeline, relating to the content
topics; they are made of fiber optics
and when pulled down trigger output
of information for that specific year.
Years and contents can be combined
and compared by pulling different
strings at the same time or at
different spots of the installation.
Audio, projections and colored light
feedback create a playful ambience
for immersion in the life of Berrocal.
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9. PULL
Visitors who carry a compass are recognized.
Automatic visualization of the connections in time and
space among the pieces they observed during the visit.
People map themselves in Berrocal's lifeline through the
input of basic data: year of birth, country, age & gender.
Clearer reference by placing themselves as part of the
system and provide statistical data to the museum.
Monday, October 4, 2010

10. VISUALIZATION
REFERENCES
NYTimes 365/360
reMAP
Open Calais content maps
Katie Lewis
Flight patterns, Aaron Koblin
Monday, October 4, 2010

11. MASHUPS & OTHER
REFERENCES
TimeSpace Washington Post
G1 Phone + Flickr mashup
Monday, October 4, 2010

12. OTHER
REFERENCES
SyncLost
9/11 + space invaders mashup
reactables
Tate Modern, art history
The Globe, Shakespeare’s work
Monday, October 4, 2010

13. LIFELINES
Domus Academy MID2010 . final project . Judit Pinzón Navarro
Monday, October 4, 2010