Region
El Jem
dates
2021 🡢 2023
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Our training courses
As part of a 10-day workshop on the theme of ‘Gigapixel Photographic Mosaics’, and under the auspices of Museum Lab, four students from the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Sousse were able to embark on an exciting journey from the beginnings of a simple reproduction of a mosaic to a modern high-resolution representation using pixel technology. Thanks to this new ‘gigapixel’ technique, which is unprecedented in Tunisia, a new digital installation was produced and set up for the Archaeological Museum of El Jem.
Guided by Florian Voggeneder, multimedia artist and digital photographer at the Ars Electronica Centre in Linz, and equipped with professional equipment, the group of students took more than 300 photographs, in addition to acquiring media skills and historical awareness of archaeological objects.
The resulting photomosaic is an image composed of many small photos, a modern approach to the mosaic technique. The collection of Roman mosaics at the Archaeological Museum of Sousse served as a rich source of inspiration. The pixel photographs are then processed for a digital installation at the Archaeological Museum of El Jem.
Associate expert :
Florian Voggeneder, Austrian photographer and expert affiliated with the Ars Electronica Centre in Linz
Project partners
Collaboration between Museum Lab and Ars Electronica Centre in Linz
With the support of the Austrian Embassy in Tunisia
