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Who's influence extends far beyond the world of art? Did you know that this Renaissance man also designed several game-changing inventions? Check out this article to learn about 5 of his most groundbreaking creations that have shaped our world today. #LeonardoDaVinci #Innovations #HistoryFacts

New blog post! In this post, we discuss the process of taking apart museum habitat dioramas and how through detailed documentation, it is possible to still preserve their legacy Natural History Museum Denmark https://lnkd.in/dgryBnzM

Species of the River 🌿 is a collaborative research project between Yaqui architect Selina Martinez and the Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research at the British Museum. The project examines questions about territorial identity, dispossession, community memory and storytelling, exploring the Yaqui collection and the connection between culture and design in the Yaqui communities on both sides of the present-day US/Mexico border. The Yaqui people (or Yoeme), are originally from Sonora, Mexico and their identities are explicitly in relation to the territorial homelands along the Rio Yaqui which has historically supported a dynamic ecosystem near the bottom of the Sonoran Desert biome. They have resisted since the Spanish colonisation, throughout colonial Mexico and the development of the Mexican state that started in the 19th century. Species of the River is a journey along the riverside where essential elements of Yaqui storytelling come into place to unveil past, present and future of these tribes. The digital exhibit is premised on digital storytelling, including 3D models of collections and spaces, historical and contemporary audio recordings, photography and illustrations. The experience is created together with Selina Martinez, Magdalena Araus Sieber and Johnny Slack for The Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research at The British Museum. yaquidigitalexhibit.com For the best experience view on desktop with headphones.

Great to see my alma mater hosting exhibitions of this type! 🟠 👁️🗨️ The theme of "seeing the unseeable" and the use of data is a theme that defined a solid decade of work at HUSH - from the scale of a poster, to lobby-scale art installations and placemaking. Yet, at this point "data viz" has become aging nomenclature - the result of so much visualization for the sake of visualization itself, not for human impact. 🧠 What's more interesting is how the "seeing of unseeable data" can impact our behaviors, change the way we think, what we feel and how we act. We're rapidly applying these ideas to projects at the scale of airport terminals and mixed use developments. More data, more space, more impact. See some legacy work: 🌞 Turning an organization's commitment to net zero engineering into a sustainability mirror and workplace motivator (https://lnkd.in/eSvVU7_v) 🌐 Using the data of the world's largest mobility organization to inspire guests with scale and impact (https://lnkd.in/ewX33Ynz) 🟢 Using productivity data to change workforce behaviors and influence a new workplace culture (https://lnkd.in/eCZjrfzf)

Innovation at its finest

Future Library Trust is proud to co-host Transmitting the Intangible: Indigenous Perspectives on Sustaining Memory and Contemporary Culture. This is a two-day hybrid event taking place May 27-28 after the Future Library Handover Day, blending both online and offline components, featuring presentations, workshops, and panel discussions. Register at the link! Art and other cultural manifestations produced today increasingly expose the limits of prevailing approaches to conservation, archiving and collections management rooted in European, settler colonialist ontologies and epistemologies. These tend to privilege objects that can be physically or digitally collected, often overlooking networks of human and more-than-human relations and other cultural manifestations and forms of knowledge that evade capture and domination by Western museological apparatuses of acquisition and archiving. In conjunction with the ten-year mark of Future Library this virtual and in-person symposium will explore traditions of safeguarding and care, cultural preservation, and knowledge transmission outside of and in resistance to Eurocentric frameworks, centering the voices and perspectives of those working and living in global, colonial and postcolonial contexts and cultural geographies. This symposium will bring together Sámi, Māori, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, First Nations, Mixe, and other Indigenous and non-Western artists, archivists, conservators, curators, library and museum professionals, thinkers, and creative practitioners working both in and outside of academia. Organized by Nasjonalmuseet, RiddoDuottarMuseat, and Future Library Trust. https://lnkd.in/dEVKzCsy

How did climatologist and ice researcher Dr. Klaus Hochheim achieve the otherworldly and alien look to his pictures that you can see in ICE: MOMENTS? Find out the answer to this question and more about the exhibit at https://ow.ly/nZi850SHrJx.

Democrazing art in a political sense means that more people will be able to see art and to get a little bit more culture. Democrazing art means have art in the streets. Actually everything goes into museums, foundations and private collectors Democrazing art is open-air art. More culture for everyone. Cities will improve in the sense that this déshumanisation of the cities will stop. And could continue adding more reasons why the phrase democrazing art has a reason to exist without being negative My prototypes ready to be develop it in the appropriate place. Need to find people interest en financing the Urban Sculpture Project

Being a writer and a visual artist, I cannot but wonder: Can art save nature? More musings and ideas here: https://lnkd.in/evWiVBYE Nullker Company is preparing for the launch of its branch project, Nullker Art. At the core of Nullker's philosophy is the big idea that it is possible to reconcile the economy and ecology, aka consumption and redemption. We have been doing it via restructuring the traditional direct eco-support model for the bigger impact. But what if instead of a selfless giving there was an act of buying?.. What do you think of this angle? Can this approach be a success? Should art be used as a new 'coin' in the trade-off between consumption and restoration? #art #nature #savetheplanet

What does research and digitalization of the XVIII century iconostasis look like? KARP restorer carried out a scientific study of the unique iconostasis located in the Church of the Presentation of the Lord in the village of Cherepyn. The Skeiron team took photogrammetry of the iconostasis to create a digital copy in 3D. Based on this data, an interactive scan was created, which includes explanations of all the images. The iconostasis is a valuable monument of Ukrainian art, listed in the National Register of Architectural Monuments of Ukraine, but has remained unexplored until now. The project includes measurements, photographic documentation, analysis of carvings and paintings, chemical, technological and biological studies of the state of conservation, as well as X-ray studies of several icons. This comprehensive study was conducted in partnership with the research department of the Lviv National Academy of Arts. It is important because it allows us to understand and preserve the artistic and historical value of the iconostasis for future generations. We invite everyone to get acquainted with the model of the iconostasis, which will allow a deeper understanding of the iconography and historical significance of this object. Sketchfab: https://skfb.ly/oLnSo.