Nonlinear stories told by cups and saucers (original) (raw)
The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. 34 35 introduction In museum exhibitions historical objects are usually shown by visual display, in a showcase with extra textual information added to it. Museum visitors can never touch the objects, let alone use them. As a result, visitors 'scan' the displayed objects from a distance, something that needs reconsideration in our present time where the 'experience' is essential. To provide a way around this situation, the so-called 'smart replica' was proposed in the previous issue of Ar[t] (Roozenburg, 2012): a new kind of reproduction, in the shape of a 3D print, that stretches the boundaries of the replica's concept as an autonomous object based on a historical artefact. New methods of access and new digitization strategies based on the study of the relationship between the 'bits' and 'atoms' are being developed. We hypothesize that by using these 3D imaging techniques the value of our cultural heritage can be increased. In other words, the goal is not to make the most realistic copy of the original, but to analyse, communicate and enhance those qualities of the historical artefact that are the most meaningful to us, now. Here we present the design project of Lotte de Reus in connection with this paradigm shift. Completed as a graduation project, it presents an auditory environment to augment the artefact in an unobtrusive and non-linear way. The objects that are central in this project are seven teacups and saucers that are part of the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. These are currently on display in a new exhibition on design and pre-industrial design. Depicted in fi gure 1, each of these teacup and saucer sets represents a milestone in the Dutch history of porcelain. Starting with the fi rst import of porcelain from China in the seventeenth century by the Dutch East Indies Company; followed by the invention of Delft's blue as an attempt to copy Chinese porcelain, and ending with the small scale production of porcelain in the Netherlands.
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