Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 16, No. 456.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 07:14:29 +0000
From: "Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett" <bkg@nyu.edu>
Subject: RE: 16.454 digitally born artifacts in museums
The newly installed British Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum
makes effective use of digital artifacts in the presence of the originals to
show aspects of them that viewers would not otherwise be able to see or
notice.
<http://www.vam.ac.uk/exploring/british_galleries/?version=1§ion=british_galleries>http://www.vam.ac.uk/exploring/british_galleries/?version=1§ion=british_galleries.
Compare with the marvelous cast court, which are after all just as
virtual as digital simulations, just another medium from another time.
<http://www.vam.ac.uk/exploring/galleries/european_sculpture/cast_courts/?section=cast_courts>http://www.vam.ac.uk/exploring/galleries/european_sculpture/cast_courts/?section=cast_courts.
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
University Professor
Department of Performance Studies
New York University
721 Broadway, 6th fl
New York, NY 10003-6807
212-998-1628 (tel) / 212-254-7885 (fax)
<mailto:bkg@nyu.edu>mailto:bkg@nyu.edu
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