Thursday 19 May, from 10 AM to 3 PM

This online seminar presents two EU-funded projects behind installations based on virtual reality that are on display currently at the Design Museum Helsinki. Through the installations, you can experience past museum exhibitions virtually and test what playfulness can add to the experience of iconic design objects. The installations invite visitors to test the applications and participate in the co-design process.

PROGRAM

10.00 Welcome- Design Museum Helsinki: Leena Svinhufvud

10.05–11.30 PANEL 1: Beyond Matter – Cultural Heritage on the Verge of Virtual RealityBeyond Matter is an interdisciplinary project on the revival of past landmark exhibitions, the documentation of current exhibitions and the dissemination of documentation along with actual artworks – both materially and immaterially present – in innovative ways.

Presentations:

- ZKM: Lívia Nolasco-Rózsás

- Centre Pompidou: Marcella Lista & Julie Champion Lagadec

- Aalto University: Lily Díaz-Kommonen & Cvijeta Miljak

11.30–12.30 Lunch break

12.30–13.00 Presentation of the installations- Pop-up-VR Museum (SPICE)- Matter, non-matter, anti-matter Past exhibitions as digital experiences (Beyond Matter)

13.00–14.30 PANEL 2: SPICE (Social cohesion, Participation, and Inclusion through Cultural Engagement) SPICE is a research project aiming to foster diverse participation in the heritage domain through a process of “citizen curation”, which helps EU citizens to develop their own personal interpretations of cultural objects, work together to present their collective view of life through culture and heritage, and gain an appreciation of alternative cultural viewpoints.

Presentations:

- Irish Museum of Modern Art IMMA: Adam Stoneman & Mark Maguire

- Design Museum Helsinki: Leena Svinhufvud & Susanna Thiel- Aalto University: Lily Diaz

-Kommonen & Gautam Vishwanath & Jiaxin Tao & Wiebke Spieker

14.30–15.00 CLOSING DISCUSSION

Beyond Matter – Cultural Heritage on the Verge of Virtual Reality is an international, collaborative, practice-based research project led by ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe in partnership with the Aalto University in Espoo, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest, Tallinna Kunstihoone, and Tirana Art Lab – Center for Contemporary Art. The project is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

The Beyond Matter project is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, grant agreement 607558-CREA-1-2019-DE-CULT-COOP2.

SPICE: Social cohesion, Participation, and Inclusion through Cultural Engagement is an EU Horizon 2020 funded project (2020–2023) led by University of Bologna joining 13 partners from 7 countries: Aalto University, Aalborg University, Design Museum Helsinki, Irish Museum of Modern Art, GVAM Interactive Guide S.L, Open University, PadaOne Games, CELI-Language Technology, Complutense University of Madrid, CIRMA University of Turin, Fondazione Torino Musei, University of Haifa, Hecht Museum, Centro Nazionale delle Ricerche.

The SPICE project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, Grant Agreement N. 870811).