Projections to show bird collection in new light
The exhibition will use the museum's extensive collection of stuffed birds
- Published
A digital art installation is aiming to bring a Nottinghamshire museum's bird collection to a new audience.
Mansfield Museum's Victorian and Edwardian bird taxidermy exhibits will be a focus of a 15-minute experience called Flight of the Pixels: Digital Migration.
It will involve a multi-media “video mapping” experience giving a visual idea of the world from how birds perceive it by projecting images on the walls and specimens, along with an original soundscape featuring bird songs.
The six-week exhibition is the work of Nottingham-based artist Barret Hodgson.
Officials said the projections were at the "cutting edge" of museum design
Sian Booth, cultural services manager for the council, said: “To bring art of this quality to this district really is a big deal – Barret is in huge demand all over the world.
“This innovative way to share Mansfield's nationally significant and rare natural history collection is at the cutting edge of museum work for engaging people in collections."
Artist Barret Hodgson said it was using the "inherent beauty" of the bird collection
Barret Hodgson uses digital projections and 3D scanning techniques set against original soundscapes to create multi-media installations with his work screened onto the side of the Tower of London, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and at the Glastonbury Festival.
He said: "Seeing the collection of the birds for the first time at Mansfield, you inevitably see their incredible unique detailing and, of course, their inherent beauty.
"Standing amongst them all, I felt I needed to reflect, somehow, not on what they are now necessarily - objects within a museum - but the magnificence of what they once were: majestic in flight, joyous in song, full of life."
The show will run from 25 June until 3 August.
Follow BBC Nottingham on Facebook, external, on X, external, or on Instagram, external. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk, external or via WhatsApp, external on 0808 100 2210.