Gate Ways: Immersive Technologies for Heritage Archives

Gate Ways：遗产档案馆的沉浸式技术

• 批准号: AH/X010384/1
• 负责人: Lee Miller
• 金额: $ 108.54万
• 依托单位: Falmouth University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FX010384%2F1
• 关键词: Gate; Ways; Immersive; Technologies; Heritage

Support from the Creative Research Capability fund is sought to establish Gate Ways: Immersive Technologies for Heritage Archives: GW:ITHA (from the Cornish word to guard, to keep). GW:ITHA seeks to establish an open centre for immersive approaches to archives and draw together the rich potential these resources have in supporting the capturing and sharing both the material and intangible cultural heritage of the far South West. The nature of site-specific/ landscape theatre has rendered much of its outcomes as resitant to documentation. The use of volumetric and capturing technologies in both the visual and sonic domains will shift significantly how this work is documented, archived, and accessed. Using the existing Kneehigh and WildWorks archives housed within Falmouth University as case-studies, GW:ITHA will build on Immersive Business infrastructure to capture the various collections of material objects, traditional textual artefacts, and the documentation of ephemeral, process-driven practice, to improve access and develop strategies for new income streams from these new digital assets to support the creative industries in Cornwall. GW:ITHA will establish a protocol and workflow for capturing material from existing archives in XR formats, and work with performance companies to document large-scale, live practice using cutting edge volumetric capture techniques. The result will be the creation of a digital asset library, allowing the archive to be accessed and shared in ways not currently possible. The lack of an established network of regional touring theatres in the far South West in general, and Cornwall in particular, coupled with the significant number of landscape and sited theatre companies, means there is a wealth of performance material wedded to specific locations, yet resistant to traditional modes of documentation. Falmouth University has an extensive track record of delivering both large and small scale externally funded projects relating to digital technologies in cultural settings. This includes European Structural Funds, Coastal Communities and UK Research Council funded initiatives. For example, Falmouth collaborated in the Seventh Framework Programme, V-Connect project. This enabled the development of high-quality real-time video and audio communication between geographically dispersed performers. The project enabled videoconferencing to be moved outside the boardroom, allowing one (or more) locations to be accessed by groups and individuals in real-time. In September 2014, in a world-first, V-Connect supported a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest, by Miracle Theatre Company, with actors situated in two geographically dispersed locations, delivering a single performance together, with local and remote audiences being able to experience an immersive production in different physical locations.With established staff expertise and already delivered projects V-connect, wAVE , Immersive Business, Augmented Telegrapher, Story Futures, Online Orchestra, Edinburgh Fringe Digital Showcase, support to renew and upgrade facilities which foreground digital, cloud-based platforms for the generation and dissemination of creative and cultural research would allow us to expand our activities, extend our reach, and significantly improve audience access. The project offers scalable benefits that would further support not only the region's creative and cultural economy, but those performance companies making work in non-traditional venues around the UK, support to renew and upgrade facilities which foreground digital, cloud-based platforms for the generation and dissemination of creative and cultural research would allow us to expand our activities, extend our reach, and significantly improve audience access. The project offers scalable benefits that would further support not only the region's creative and cultural economy, but those performance companies making work in non-traditional venues around the UK.

寻求创造性研究能力基金的支持，以建立Gate Ways：遗产档案的沉浸式技术：GW：ITHA(从康尼什单词到Guard，to Keep)。温哥华：ITHA寻求建立一个开放式的身临其境的档案研究中心，并汇集这些资源在支持获取和分享遥远的西南部的物质和非物质文化遗产方面所具有的丰富潜力。场地/景观剧院的性质使得它的许多成果都不愿记录下来。体积和捕捉技术在视觉和声学领域的使用将极大地改变这项工作被记录、存档和访问的方式。利用法尔茅斯大学现有的KneHigh和WildWorks档案作为案例研究，GW：ITHA将构建身临其境的商业基础设施，以获取各种实物、传统文物和短暂的、流程驱动的实践的文档，以改善获取这些新数字资产的途径并制定战略，以支持康沃尔的创意产业。GW：ITHA将建立从现有档案中以XR格式捕获材料的协议和工作流程，并与演出公司合作，使用尖端的体积捕获技术记录大规模的现场实践。其结果将是创建一个数字资产库，允许以目前不可能的方式访问和共享档案。在遥远的西南部，特别是康沃尔，缺乏一个成熟的地区性巡演剧院网络，再加上大量的景观剧团和选址剧团，这意味着有大量的表演材料与特定地点有关，但对传统的记录模式持抵触态度。法尔茅斯大学在提供与文化环境中的数字技术有关的大型和小型外部资助项目方面有着广泛的记录。这包括欧洲结构基金、沿海社区和英国研究理事会资助的倡议。例如，法尔茅斯参与了第七个框架方案--V-Connect项目。这使得分散在不同地理位置的表演者之间能够开发出高质量的实时视频和音频通信。该项目使视频会议能够移到会议室之外，允许团体和个人实时访问一个(或多个)地点。2014年9月，在世界上第一次，V-Connect支持了由奇迹剧院公司制作的莎士比亚戏剧《暴风雨》，演员分布在两个地理上分散的地点，一起提供一场演出，本地和远程观众能够在不同的物理位置体验身临其境的制作。凭借成熟的员工专业知识和已经交付的项目，V-Connect、Wave、沉浸式商业、增强电报、Story Futures、在线交响乐团、爱丁堡边缘数字展示，支持更新和升级设施，这些设施面向数字、基于云的平台，用于生成和传播创意和文化研究，使我们能够扩大活动，扩大我们的覆盖范围，并极大地改善了受众接触。该项目提供了可扩展的好处，不仅将进一步支持该地区的创意和文化经济，而且将进一步支持那些在英国各地的非传统场所开展工作的表演公司，支持更新和升级以数字、基于云的平台为前景的设施，以产生和传播创意和文化研究，使我们能够扩大我们的活动，扩大我们的覆盖范围，并显著改善观众接触。该项目提供了可扩展的好处，不仅将进一步支持该地区的创意和文化经济，而且还将进一步支持那些在英国各地的非传统场所开展工作的表演公司。