Touch THE UNREACHABLE - edutaiment game / 2009
Project: The Touch the Unreachable concept is an application designed for the museum environment and aims to promote knowledge of Finnish cultural heritage. the experience helps the visitor to understand how Finnish figurative communication identity was build at the end of the 19th century and how the same illustration traditions are still in use during our time. Through doing and experimenting the visitor builds up her own understanding of how the Finnish image identity was built at the end of 19th century. The journey follows historical facts and chronology during 1899-1768 in Finland and Paris. Wemmeri and Ludzia (the tutor and antagonist characters) follow the visitor’s movements throughout the journey and actively participate in his/her actions.
Advisors: Mika 'Lumi' Tuomola, director, Crucible Studio, Aalto University School of Art and Design Department of Media"
Design challenge:
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How to use the interactive storytelling techniques, video, animation and graphical visualization in a multi-touch context
for art educational use
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How unify demolished artwork, Virtual 3D Reconstruction and related tangible artworks
- HOW Through doing and experimenting the visitor builds up her own understanding of how the Finnish image identity was built at the end of 19th century
Aditional material:
Design & Content Document,
General Flowchart &
Screen Flow,
Wemmeri - details,
Ludzia - details,
The thesis Theory Part
2010 Gold, 2010 MUSE Award, Los Angeles 2010
Jury Chairs:
Herminia Wei-Hsin Din PhD, Univeristy of Alaska, United States
William B. Crow, Head of School and Teacher Programs, Associate Museum Educator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Charles Chen, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Judges statement:" It is a very attractive project that contains a wonderland-like environment and an interesting story that allows users to make their own decisions. With devices like this, museums would have no problem bringing their visitors a remarkable experience, and leaving a long term influence in their minds. A true inspiration." Judges Link & Photo
:output competition
one of the winners (www.inputoutput.de)