90- travelling exhibitions available soon on extra 30.05.2008 15.15 – 16.30 lavinia del longo for...
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90- Travelling exhibitions available soon on EXTRA30.05.2008 15.15 – 16.30 Lavinia Del Longo for Carlo Maiolini
Topic
the new online persistent virtual worlds
“In 1991 Howard Rheingold foresaw that, in ten years, millions of PC users would have visited thousands of virtual worlds.
Today we can confirm the correctness of his prophecy.”
Bernard Frischer, UCLA - Los Angels, 2002
new
What are virtual worlds?
Game of UR, 2500 A.C
Kriegspiel, 1811
D&
D, 1
972
MU
D, 1
978
Project Habitat, 1985
Active Worlds, 1995
Why an exhibition about virtual worlds?
Are we assisting the birth of a new communication medium?
People are curious of what’s in there…
…but there is still a lack of information on this issue.
The cyberspace facilitates debates on interesting topics as:
identity, community, reality, representation, social spaces, interpersonal relationships.
Key disciplines:
psychology, sociology, cognitive sciences, economy, antropology.
Target
But it is good for experts as well, they will find a theroretical review
on the hours spent on-line
The exhibition is suitable for
everyone, from 8 yrs old
In particular it is addressed to who
wants to know these digital realities, even
if not confident with computers
Format
The exhibition completely virtual.
The itinerary moves through 11 virtual rooms accessible only in individual computer kiosks.
The kiosks will be hosted in the only real room of the exhibition, set up in a special scenography.
Format
New possibilities of display / Experimentation
Social Facilitation
Easy to tour
Cheap
Perception of the event / let’s go out of home
Real Sociality
Better technical performance
Museum Explainer / Helper in the room
Contents
REASSURE
Panels / Texts
Images
Videos
Interactive exhibits (mini-games)
Exhibition itinerary
Loan information
Fully customizable set up: 4 to 25 kiosks
Required space: 5 to 100 sqm
Hardware requirements: 1 server + 4 to 25 PC (with mid-end GPU)
Set up time: 3 days
Lavinia Del Longo
Carlo Maiolini (Avatar’s curator)
www.avatarexperience.eu
THANK YOU!
CreditsSUPERVISOR:Michele Lanzinger – director of Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Trento
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTE:President: Mario Gerosa - writer, editor AD Architectural DigestMatteo Bittanti - Associate Researcher, Stanford Humanities Lab, Stanford UniversityRoberto Caso - Università degli Studi di TrentoPaolo Cavallotti - Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia “Leonardo Da Vinci”, MilanoGabriele Cazzulini – sociologist of politics and journalist, GenovaVincenzo D’Andrea - Università degli Studi di TrentoIvan Fulco – journalist and editor, RomaUgo Morelli – director of Master of Art and Culture Management, TSM, Trentino School of Management David Orban – digital explorer and blogger, BergamoPaolo Pedercini - new media and online cultures expert, Troy, NYDomenico Quaranta - editor, journalist and art critic, Brescia
CURATOR:Carlo Maiolini
ART DIRECTION:MediaMix Design
SOFTWARE:Virtual Italian Parks
3D PLATFORM:Moondus
WEB:Valentina Gottardi
Schedule