Hunan Museum Hosts "The Art of Life - Mawangdui Han Dynasty Culture Immersive Digital Exhibition"
26 Junio 2024 - 4:34AM
Hunan Museum Hosts "The Art of Life - Mawangdui Han Dynasty Culture
Immersive Digital Exhibition"
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the archaeological
excavation of the Han Tombs at Mawangdui. The Hunan Museum,
together with the Digital Library of China and the team of Wang
Yuejin, professor at CAMLab, Harvard University, launched "The
Art of Life - Mawangdui Han Dynasty Culture Immersive Digital
Exhibition" on June 8, 2024.
A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is
available by clicking on this link.
Intended to explore ways to advance the deep integration of
culture and technology, the exhibition mobilizes academic
resources from around the world and employs cutting-edge multimedia
technology to present the cultural heritage of the Han Tombs at
Mawangdui in digitalized form through a theatrical multimedia
experience, offering a glance into the essence of early Chinese
civilization and artistic achievements. The exhibition delivers a
holistic display of the art, imagination, and world view as
reflected by the culture of Han Tombs at Mawangdui and
seeks to create a new paradigm for digital presentation of
cultural heritage with global influence.
The exhibition is structured around three modules: "Time
and Space", "Yin and Yang", and "Life". By revealing the
dynamic process of "cosmic operations - the sublimation of life",
displaying the chamber structure, numerous artifacts, cultural
ideas and humanistic thoughts of the Han Tombs, and unfolding
the grand imagination and artistic expression of the universe and
life by ancient Chinese, it embarks the audience on a
"journey through space and time" that can be seen and
experienced.
The exhibition delivers to visitors a multisensory experience.
In the "Yin and Yang" section, the
four life spaces contained in the
four-outer-layer coffins of Tomb One allow visitors to
marvel at the ancient Chinese people's endless
exploration of the mystery of life and their profound
imagination for spiritual sublimation. In the
"Life" section, the T-shaped silk paintings relive
their "glorious moments". Thanks
to the immersive LED ball screen, interactive dynamic
graphic design, and digital restoration of cultural relics, among
other technologies, visitors feel as if they were attending the
"from earth to heaven" ceremony depicted in the silk paintings.
While allowing the audience to experience the transformation
and ascension of life, the section also offers a glimpse into the
thoughts and emotions of the Chinese ancients 2,000 years
ago.
The exhibition remains open to the public until February
16, 2025, with plans for a worldwide tour.
Source: Hunan Museum