Abstract :
The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television is Britain´s leading center for lens-based media. To provide a strengthened platform for the 21st Century, the museum created a new flagship gallery that explores and addresses the importance of digital media. “Wired Worlds: Exploring the Digital Frontier” uses innovative presentational and communication approaches to describe the distinctive nature, styles and techniques of digital media. The 500-m 2 gallery took nearly three years and $2.2 million to complete. To address the challenges of an evolving field, we adopted an intensive, organic research and development approach. We organized a creative/curatorial project team, 10 contracted international digital media artists and developers, and a London-based design studio. We also consulted with other media professionals, academics and partnership companies
Keywords :
art; computer graphics; entertainment; exhibitions; National Museum of Photography, Film and Television; Wired Worlds: Exploring the Digital Frontier; communication approaches; contracted international artists; creative/curatorial project team; design studio; digital media; lens-based media; museum gallery; presentational approaches; research and development; H infinity control; Infrared sensors; Light emitting diodes; Microcontrollers; Optical arrays; Programming profession; Sensor arrays; Shape; Space technology; Visual effects;