Digital Heritage Exhibition

Evaine Sun

B.S. Integrated Design and Media
minor in Anthropology
(about to graduate though)

Digital Heritage Exhibition

academic course, individual

3.5 months, continuous, 2023

#digital heritage, #3D modeling, #video production, #VR, #website building, #UI/UX

Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Mudbox, CapCut, Sketchbox, HTML/CSS, Figma

The Digital Heritage Exhibition is a walkthrough video showcasing a 3D mockup of my digital heritage exhibition scene. It features the Stone of the Sun, a 3D model of the Aztec calendar stone; Yellowstone National Park, a video introduction to the UNESCO Natural World Heritage site; Pluto_, a prototype VR experience for interactive ethnographies; Machu Picchu, a website exploring the archaeological site's discovery, history, and present; and Hanfupedia_, a prototype app serving as an encyclopedia of traditional Han clothing.

Introduction

a private exhibition hosting Evaine’s digital heritage projects
minimalist, futuristic, rounded-corner
in a living-room-like setting
sense of blankness because civilization seems grand to human beings and void in the universe
sense of chronology because civilization has past and future

Projects being hosted:

Stone of the Sun (3D model)
Yellowstone National Park (video)
Pluto_ (VR)
Machu Picchu (website)
Hanfupedia_ (app)

Moodboard:

Pre-Production

3D object and motif - Stone of the Sun

video - Yellowstone National Park

app - Hanfupedia_ & website - Machu Picchu

VR - Pluto_

Layout

The layout of the projects being hosted in the exhibition is based on two timelines. One is the time of the heritage iteself (in yellow) and the other is the time when I made the project (in orange). For example, Stone of the Sun was from approximately 1500, and I made the project in 2023, so the project is placed at the intersection of these two times of the respective timelines.

The most recent project would be placed towards the top right corner. All of the five projects (sections 2-6) are placed in a similar logic, while section 1 is the main hall.

In general, my private exhibition is in a living-room-like setting, so there is not much written information about each project being hosted. Rather, they can potentially be introduced verbally as if I were showing the guests who visit my house.

The main hall (section 1) is the starting point of the two timelines. There is a toilet shape chair and a bathroom rack with paper-back maps and travel magazines because to me, I learn about heritage when I travel. All of my traveling experiences start from the influence from my father. When I was a child, both of us loved to read paper-back maps and travel magazines when we used the toilet, which was not healthy but started my enthusiasm in traveling and heritage. That is, all of my digital heritage projects in the exhibition can be traced back to the tiny bathroom in my childhood.