7,000BC: The Dawn of Cinema

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Description: 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).
 
Created: 2013-03-12 09:23
Collection: Research Horizons
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: University of Cambridge
Language: eng (English)
Distribution: World     (downloadable)
Keywords: Digital Humanities; Cinema; rock art;
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