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Reshaping History - discover how the world of 3D is helping to reveal the secrets of our cultural heritage

Some of the world's most famous museums, housing our most precious cultural treasures, are at the cutting edge of 3D technology innovation. Come and see how this is helping us re-discover the hidden secrets of our past. From the ancient Egyptian temple of Abu Simbel to Michelangelo's David; a fifteenth century Italian statue destroyed by earthquake to the intricate detailing on medieval coins, this exhibition travels the world to bring you the latest in scientific innovation in the heritage sector.


We would like to invite you to attend our summer exhibition and seminar series.

The exhibition opened on 27 July and runs until 25 August, 10am-5pm Monday to Saturday, and we very much hope that you will be able to come.
You can book to attend the seminars we are holding by visiting the exhibition website here: http://exhibition.3d-coform.eu/ There are limited places so make sure you book soon! Please also see the attached seminar flyer.

Admission is free to both exhibition and seminars.

Seminars this week include:


TUESDAY 14 AUGUST 2012 at 17:30

Brighton: City of Opportunity? An Historical Perspective

Nick Tyson: Curator of Regency Town House Heritage Centre

Between the 1780s and the 1840s, a time in British history broadly defined as the Regency period, Brighton enjoyed an unrivalled status as the provincial capital of fashionable society and was, perhaps, Europe's foremost seaside spa. A legacy that is, today, reflected in the city's rich architectural heritage.
Nick will review Brighton's development through the 18th and 19th centuries and some of the key figures associated with this and then outline the city's ongoing development through to the present day, exploring some of the difficult issues that arise from its Regency legacy, in particular challenges affecting urban development and heritage provision. With these issues to the fore, Nick will present a number of recent Regency Town House projects; considering their wider application to the heritage realm and how they are specifically designed to address some of the tensions and deficiencies within current local provision.
Nick Tyson is the Curator of the developing Regency Town House Heritage Centre, which presents Brighton & Hove's late-Georgian and early-Victorian history.

WEDNESDAY 15 AUGUST 2012 at 17:30

As Pleased as Punch - Punch and Judy 350 anniversary

Glyn Edwards: Festival Director of 'The Big Grin'

Not by chance is the first photograph of Mr. Punch a Victorian stereoscopic image. The unruly puppet has been an inspiration to creative artists in fields as diverse as photography opera, ballet, punk rock, graphic novels, film animation, painting and theatre. He also survives as a vigorous folk puppet show as popular now as to generations past. How has he done this? Where did he come from? How has he changed? And where is the 21st Century taking him? Many of the answers can be traced to his times on Brighton's seafront. Explore beneath the surface of Punch & Judy with Glyn Edwards (described in one review as a "Punch and Judy Rock Star") and his five decades experience as a Punch and Judy "Professor".

Glyn Edwards is Festival Director of The Big Grin: a national community education project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund celebrating 350 years since Samuel Pepys first recorded sighting of 'Punch'.


THURSDAY 16 AUGUST 2012 at17.30

Documenting Brighton's Heritage in 3D

Dr Karina Rodriguez Echavarria: University of Brighton

In this seminar, Karina will discuss the application of 3D technologies for the documentation of public heritage located in towns and cities. It will present work on the acquisition, access and enrichment of 3D content using a 'crowdsourcing' approach to involve the local community.
Work on the documentation of the Steve Ovett sculpture in Preston Park will be described. The loss of this public artwork is an example of a larger national problem related to heritage crime. The talk will propose technologies to support the reconstruction of lost heritage artefacts as well as their validation when 'similar' pieces are found.
Karina Rodriguez is a Lecturer at the University of Brighton working on the 3D-COFORM project in the area of 3D visualisation and the deployment of these technologies in Cultural Heritage organisations.

MultiView Dome

As part of the exhibition we have the prototype of a MultiView Dome built at the University of Bonn who are our project partners. This is used to scan objects and create 3D models of them.


This has been used to create some of the models in the exhibition and we are delighted to say that we have managed to get it to Brighton for 6 weeks (from the week commencing 16 July) so that we can invite our friends and contacts in museums and other cultural heritage organisations to bring artefacts in for scanning to see what the results are. It will be operational until 24 August (weekdays only).


There is no charge to you for using the MultiView Dome and we think this would be a fantastic opportunity to use state-of-the art equipment that is not usually available and to see what the opportunities might be for museums, and collections, large and small.




As we will need to timetable in the scanning processes, we are setting up a booking system to ensure that we can make maximum use of the Dome and manage the time effectively.



Once we have a sense of how many people are interested we will take bookings, so do please let us know as soon as possible if this is of interest to you or colleagues.



For more information, and to book an object in for a scan, please go to: http://exhibition.3d-coform.eu/multiviewdome

We look forward to seeing you there.


Corinna Hattersley-Mitchell
PA/Administrative Assistant to Prof David Arnold
Tel: (01273 64)2468

Cultural Informatics Research Group
W108 Watts Building
University of Brighton
Brighton BN2 4GJ
UK
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