Digital Depot - KOSSMANN.DEJONG

photo: Tom Haartsen

photo: Mels van Zutphen

Digital Depot

Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)

client

Museum Boijmans van Beuningen

location

Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)

completion

2003

surface

520 m²

status

permanent

topic
Interaction between the public, digital information and tangible works of art plays a central role in Digital Depot. The entire collection is shown on a new digital interface, with different layers of information presented in a didactic but amusing way.

concept/design
65 works of art hang on both sides of a long wall, in a way that is reminiscent of a gigantic tool rack. These pictures conceal many stories about art, the museum, the collection and the art industry in general. The visitor is invited to search for these stories, on glass screens suspended in front of the pictures. The second part of the Digital Depot consists of a so-called ‘data cloud’. The 6-metre wide projection on the wall depicts a virtual universe of little balls that represent all the items in the museum collection. With the help of a joystick, visitors can literally penetrate the 116,712 objects. Each ball represents an item from the collection. Different colours are used to indicate the different sub-collections. The data cloud is directly linked to the museum’s collection registration system. This provides visitors with spectacular insight into the (most up-to-date) size and structure of the collection.

credits

multimedia development: Lust ism Jason Laan
furniture design: Tejo Remy & Rene Veenhuizen
digital software design: Vepon Automatisering
hardware: VHS bv

prijzen

Winnaar De Nederlandse Designprijzen 2004, categorie Exhibition & Experience Design - 2004

Eerste prijs Award of Excellence 2004, 10th Annual Interactive Exhibition - 2004

links

www.boijmans.nl

publications

Spijkerman, S,. Een wolk van een collectie. Kunstbeeld, nr. 5, apr 2003, p. 42-43 Brombacher, C. Nieuw Boijmans mooi in balans. Sp!ts, 15 mei 2003, p. 10 Siebenga, H. Moderne kunst bevrijd uit depot. Museumtijdschrift, mei 2003, p. 38-41 Floor, M. Een reis door het depot. Rotterdams Dagblad, 18 apr 2003, p. 19Floor, M