Description

In the cooperative project "Berliner Skulpturennetzwerk", the extensive inventories of Pergamenian sculptures held by the Museums of Berlin and the department of classical archaeology of the Free University Berlin will be systematically compiled. Additionally, the department of visualization at the Technical University Cottbus in cooperation the the DAI department in Instanbul develops a 3d reconstruction of the ancient city of pergamon. ZIB develops a software that allows the public to approach these reconstructed contexts and uses the multitouch capabilities of the iPad to enable the comprehension of interconnections between artifacts and their assumed archaeological contexts. The results of this project were on display for the public in a special exhibition at the Pergamon Museum until fall 2012.

A generic, customizable version, which can be easily adapted to other exhibitions, is available in the App Store.

Further information is available in the detailed project description.

Members

Marco Klindt
Malte Clasen (–5/2011)
Daniel Baum
Steffen Prohaska
Hans-Christian Hege

Responsible

Hans-Christian Hege
Steffen Prohaska

Partners

Free University Berlin, Department of Classical Archaeology (Johanna Fabricius)
Collection of Classical Antiquities, Federal Museums of Berlin (Andreas Scholl)
German Archaeological Institute, Department Istanbul (Felix Pirson)
Technical University Cottbus, Department of Visualization (Dominik Lengyel)
Cologne University, Research Archive of Ancient Sculptures (Reinhard Förtsch)
Lenné3D GmbH, Berlin (Jochen Mülder)

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Förderkennzeichen: U809068)

Duration

04/2009-12/2012

Publications

• M. Klindt, D. Baum, S. Prohaska, H.-C. Hege. iConText – an App for Conveying Archaeological Contexts and Reception Histories of Exhibits to Museum Visitors. Talk, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), 2012.
• M. Klindt, D. Baum, S. Prohaska, H.-C. Hege. iCon.text – a customizable iPad app for kiosk applications in museum exhibitions. In Proc. EVA Berlin 2012, pp 150-155, 2012.
• M. Klindt, D. Baum, S. Prohaska, H.-C. Hege. Conveying Archaeological Contexts to Museum Visitors: Case Study Pergamon Exhibition. In Short Paper Proc. VAST 2012, Brighton UK, pp 25-28, 2012.