7,000BC: The Dawn of Cinema
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Some of the world's oldest engravings of the human form -- prehistoric rock art from the Italian Alps -- have been brought to life by the latest digital technology.
P • I • T • O • T • I • is an innovative research project that applies insights from the new technologies of computer graphics to prehistoric pictures, specifically the rock art of Valcamonica, Italy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It brings to life some of the earliest human figures in European rock art -- some made from as early as 7,000 BC -- with interactive graphics, 3D printing and video games, exploring the potential links between the world of archaeology and the world of film, digital humanities and computer vision. A multimedia digital rock art exhibition with video projections, an ambient cinema and an interactive touch screen table is on display at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge, 7-23 March 2013. P • I • T • O • T • I • is a joint venture between the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge, the Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici and the University of St Pölten (Austria). |
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| Created: | 2013-03-12 09:23 |
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| Collection: | Research Horizons |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | University of Cambridge |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Keywords: | Digital Humanities; Cinema; rock art; |
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