Sysco backdrop British Museums Hadrian exhibition
Paul Milligan, July 25, 2008
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Hadrian: Empire and Conflict, the British Museums latest exhibition, which opened to the public on July 24, sees the 360-degree projection system designed and installed by systems integrator Sysco deployed for the second time.
The projection system from Sysco, which helped the previous exhibition, ‘First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army’ win the Museums & Heritage 2008 Award for Temporary or Touring Exhibition, was specifically designed to be reconfigurable – a first both for the UK and the British Museum – thus helping to maximise the Museum’s investment in technology.
It features 10 Barco HD Icon H250 projectors, arranged to project onto a variety of screens in different formats around the Round Reading Room’s circumference – a space whose ornate domed roof was itself originally inspired by one of Hadrian’s most iconic buildings, the Pantheon in Rome.
11 Dataton Watchout PC packages provide projection control and edge blending, enabling seamless ultra-wide-screen projections to be achieved.
The exhibition incorporates recent scholarship and the latest spectacular archaeological discoveries, and features a host of supreme works of Roman art, most of which have never previously been seen under one roof – including the first-ever public display of a recently-excavated colossus of Hadrian.
‘Hadrian: Empire and Conflict‘ will run from July 24 to October 26 2008.
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