KINGDOM OF THE SHADOWS
Walk-in media theatre. Approximately 50 monumental Roman gravestones and wall reliefs from Trier are staged in a completely novel form at the state museum Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Trier, Germany. Elements from cinema, theatre, animated cartoons and radio plays are applied using state-of-the-art technology to transform the silent museum room into an immersive, narrative and media-enhanced spatial theatre. Inspired by the earliest forms of Roman comedy, the centuries-old, authentic, original exhibits are integrated in an emotional a 360° audiovisual mapping and revived through images, spoken word and sounds. For 45 minutes, the visitors are immersed into a poetic play that is a fusion of audio play and visual world.
In this combination of audio play and image worlds, the visitors are immersed into a poetic play for 45 minutes, witnessing Roman activities appearing to culminate in excess, which however ends up being impeded by the gods in the grand finale. The story has been developed from the representations on the Roman gravestones. This is a captivating and one-of-a-kind presentation of antique reliefs.
Walk-in media theatre. Approximately 50 monumental Roman gravestones and wall reliefs from Trier are staged in a completely novel form at the state museum Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Trier, Germany. Elements from cinema, theatre, animated cartoons and radio plays are applied using state-of-the-art technology to transform the silent museum room into an immersive, narrative and media-enhanced spatial theatre. Inspired by the earliest forms of Roman comedy, the centuries-old, authentic, original exhibits are integrated in an emotional a 360° audiovisual mapping and revived through images, spoken word and sounds. For 45 minutes, the visitors are immersed into a poetic play that is a fusion of audio play and visual world.
In this combination of audio play and image worlds, the visitors are immersed into a poetic play for 45 minutes, witnessing Roman activities appearing to culminate in excess, which however ends up being impeded by the gods in the grand finale. The story has been developed from the representations on the Roman gravestones. This is a captivating and one-of-a-kind presentation of antique reliefs.
Credits
A production of TAMSCHICK MEDIA+SPACE GmbH on behalf of Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
CLIENT
Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
LEAD-AGENCY/ SCENOGRAPHY
TAMSCHICK MEDIA+SPACE GmbH
EXHIBITION DESIGN
neo.studio neumann schneider architekten
HARDWARE-PLANNING/ IMPLEMENTATION
Gahrens + Battermann GmbH
TASKS TMS
creative direction, concept, design, storyboard, shooting, technical planning, implementation, project management
motion design, animation, art direction: Talking Animals Animation Studio
music, sound design: BLUWI Music and Sounddesign GbR
SCRIPT
TAMSCHICK MEDIA+SPACE GmbH together with Christian Schiller and Marianne Wendt
VOICE OVER DIRECTION
Marianne Wendt
Creative Direction
Charlotte Tamschick
Direction
Marc Tamschick
Project management
Anja Wüstefeld
Photographs
TMS, Thomas Zühmer
Awards
DDC Award 2011
Space / Architecture
New York Festival 2011
Silver World Medal
Technical details
2 x 30 x 6m
Software for 15 synced video streams
15 video projectors
19 channel sound system
1 Touch panel
length of the show: 45 minutes
