Ulysses in 3D. In Venice the union archaeo-tech – The Republic

In the National Archaeological Museum of Pearl Lagoon, a young Japanese artist based in Milan, compared with a masterpiece of Anthony, restored by Titian Renaissance aspects. The result is a unique dialogue between classical and contemporary world

VALENTINA BERNABEI We must be passionate about artifacts and fossils to go, starting from November 18, the National Archaeological Museum of Venice, an exhibition space created at the end of the ’500 that is part of the itinerary of the Museums of St. Mark’s Square, with input coincident with that of the Museo Correr. In fact, actually, to watch the news, you may also suffice turn on the computer from home without going into the lagoon. The exhibition, in fact, is more of an innovative project: “Ulysses II” of young Japanese artist Makoto, by Alfredo Cramerotti. Will remain in the museum until 31 January 2016, but online, you can see forever.

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The project takes as a reference one of the most famous performances in marble Ulysses we have in Italy, dating back to the Antonine (138-192 d. C). A piece of great importance, which measures 105 cm and belongs to the Venetian Collection Domenico Grimani (1523), who had it restored in the period of the Renaissance, Titian aspects, its sculptor of confidence. The various restoration projects in which the statue has been subjected are now evident thanks to three-dimensional and 3D modeling techniques used, which make exploring the Ulysses also in the fourth dimension, that of time, thanks to edutainment for Cultural

Heritage, a digital platform of popular science which is fitted to the museum, in a manner accessible to all, with totem touch-screen to providing insight into the history of the works, and also create “gadgets” custom to share the web making the use more “social”.

The digital reproduction was made possible thanks to the collaboration of Paolo Erminio Canevese Virtualgeo, high-tech company in Triveneto, with Michela Sediari, outgoing director of the National Archaeological Museum of Venice (which will be headed the newly appointed Annamaria Larese). The company, expert in geomatics and stereoscopy, is not new to put its technological know-how twenty years of service to the art, for restoration and forays into media art and this sensitivity that we developed the project “Ulysses II”, scanning in 3D’s Ulysses Grimani. Scanning Virtualgeo was used by Makoto as a sketch for his version of the statue, reproduced in a suspended, contrasting to the strength of the lightness of marble and plaster of Japanese paper.

On November 18, for the opening of the exhibition, also the contemporary Ulysses is scanned before anyone will want to get an idea of ​​the used and the impact. But how does the choice of bringing a work created with 3D technology in an archaeological museum, history and style very far from these innovations? Daniel Ferrara, director of the Museums of Veneto, answers: “Essentially, we are facing a moment of dialogue between the two sculptures, a modern sculpture and ancient. Through this technology, a work is’ known deep down, for example you can see the restoration work, the changes occurred in its long history. And above all, a work scanned in 3D is exportable, knowable by people who do not have at hand the sculpture and also from those who are outside the rooms of the museum where it is exposed. The other sculpture, created by Makoto, placed in dialogue with the Ulysses of Grimani, creates an interaction. The dialogue leads to a new path of knowledge through the union of two worlds – and two stories away and yet bound by beauty ” .

Useful Info
Ulysses II, Makoto, by Alfredo Cramerotti
From Thursday, November 19, 2015 al 31 January 2016
On line always http: // www. Virtualgeo. eu
Room 8 of the National Archaeological Museum Piazza San Marco, Venice
(input side Correr Museum)
Hours: daily from 10 to 17 (last entry at 16)
Closed December 25 and January 1
Tickets: Euro 17 whole, reduced 12 Euro, free for residents in Venice
(The ticket only integrated Museums of St. Mark’s Square includes a visit to the Ducal Palace, Museum Correr Museum of Archaeology and Monumental Rooms of Marciana Library)