A digital exhibition created using cutting-edge multimedia technology: 3D mapping, AV installation, holograms and artificial intelligence. These technological miracles allow you to view the renowned interiors, artistic masterpieces, sculptures, and applied art of the Hermitage. Some of these exhibits are of such immense cultural value they are destined to forever be displayed on museum walls, and this multimedia project makes them accessible to art lovers far away from St. Petersburg.
magnificent
hermitage
multimedia exhibition project
A digital exhibition created using cutting-edge multimedia technology: 3D mapping, AV installation, holograms and artificial intelligence. These technological miracles allow you to view the renowned interiors, artistic masterpieces, sculptures, and applied art of the Hermitage. Some of these exhibits are of such immense cultural value they are destined to forever be displayed on museum walls, and this multimedia project makes them accessible to art lovers far away from St. Petersburg.
Journey Through
the Halls of the Hermitage
the Halls of the Hermitage
The digital world transforms real space and gives you the chance to experience what it’s like to besurrounded by the interiors of the museum. And it’s not you that wanders through the halls of the Hermitage — thanks to the multimedia technology, it’s the halls that flow over and around you. You hear the voices of different eras, immersing you in the atmosphere of a thrilling historical show. As soon as the audio guide finishes one story, the surrounding space changes, and you are plunged into the middle of completely different events.
Painting of the Hermitage in digital space
A large-scale panoramic 180˚ panel scrolls through the artistic masterpieces that people from all over the world flock to the Hermitage to see. Detailed 3D models of the original frames enhance the authentic effect. On a separate screen, the most significant details of the paintings are shown close up in very high resolution. The audio guide, meanwhile, tells moving stories of the great canvases, their creators and their subjects.
Sculpture of Hermitage. Illusion of volume
Holograms allow us to view realistic 3D images of great sculptures, while the latest digital technologies make it possible to convey the surface texture with such faithfulness that viewers will find themselves wanting to reach out to the optical illusions and feel the breath of the marble with their own fingertips.
Living
Canvases
Canvases
The imagination and skill of the video artists — assisted by innovative technology and artificial intelligence - brings the masterpieces of the Hermitage to life for a few seconds, immersing us in the atmosphere of distant events.
Journey Through the Halls of the Hermitage
The digital world transforms real space and gives you the chance to experience what it’s like to besurrounded by the interiors of the museum. And it’s not you that wanders through the halls of the Hermitage — thanks to the multimedia technology, it’s the halls that flow over and around you. You hear the voices of different eras, immersing you in the atmosphere of a thrilling historical show. As soon as the audio guide finishes one story, the surrounding space changes, and you are plunged into the middle of completely different events.
Painting of the Hermitage in digital space
A large-scale panoramic 180˚ panel scrolls through the artistic masterpieces that people from all over the world flock to the Hermitage to see. Detailed 3D models of the original frames enhance the authentic effect. On a separate screen, the most significant details of the paintings are shown close up in very high resolution. The audio guide, meanwhile, tells moving stories of the great canvases, their creators and their subjects.
Sculpture of Hermitage. Illusion of volume
Holograms allow us to view realistic 3D images of great sculptures, while the latest digital technologies make it possible to convey the surface texture with such faithfulness that viewers will find themselves wanting to reach out to the optical illusions and feel the breath of the marble with their own fingertips.
Living Canvases
The imagination and skill of the video artists — assisted by innovative technology and artificial intelligence - brings the masterpieces of the Hermitage to life for a few seconds, immersing us in the atmosphere of distant events.
Photos
The exhibition content includes photographs by:
P. S. Demidov, A. M. Koksharov, K. V. Sinyavsky, I. E. Regentova, V. S. Terebenin, Yu. A. Molodkovets, S. V. Pokrovsky, A. A. Pakhomova, L. G. Kheifets, S. V. Suetova, D. V. Sirotkin, A. Ya. Lavrentiev, K. V. Sinyavskyi
We gratefully acknowledge the D.D. Shostakovich St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonia for providing archival materials used in the musical design of the exhibition.
We also extend our sincere thanks to the St. Petersburg Governor’s Symphony Orchestra and its Artistic Director, Anton Lubchenko, for recording the soundtracks for the musical design of the exhibition.
Partners
Primary initiator
organizers of the project in moscow, Russia
general partner of the project in moscow, Russia
official partner of the project in moscow, Russia
organizers of the project in Seoul, republic of korea
Information partners of the project in moscow, Russia
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