The Nordic Museum immerses the visitor in the world of the Arctic with a complex projection system

Optoma teams bring the exhibition's giant iceberg to life The Arctic – As the ice melts. In the large hall of more than 20 meters high, two ZU1050 projectors, powered by a pair of BrightSign players, show images of ice movement.

The great hall of the Nordic Museum (Nordic Museum) has immersed himself in the life and changing conditions of the Arctic region with the exhibition The Arctic – As the ice melts. It seeks to show this area from a variety of perspectives.: the geographical area, the people who live there, the animals and, maybe, the most critical problem today, climate change and polar melting.

The central element of the audiovisual exhibition, created by Creative Technology, invites visitors to walk through a model of a giant iceberg with a deep crack running through it, representing the gap between the past and the present. The piece was created in cooperation with the design duo Museum.

The visitor can walk towards the iceberg and through the crack, where you will find narratives and objects that link the present with the past, connecting science with mythology and presenting a poetic, multifaceted story about the past and future of ice and the daily lives of people in the Arctic.

Upon entering the magnificent room of more than 20 meters high, two laser projectors Optoma ZU1050 de 10.000 lumens, powered by a pair of media players BrightSign, illuminate the iceberg facades with stylized images of the movement of the ice on either side of the cracks.

Stories told through a collection of contemporary Arctic films, They are powered from a computer with nine outputs that run Arkaos Mediamaster Pro to nine ZU500TST projectors. Ice is projected into the crack from a Dataton Watchout a dos ZU500TST en la pared curva, giving the feeling of being in an igloo. To carry out the project, a total of 25 optoma projectors.

The projections have been created by Jesper Wachtmeister, based mainly on the Nordiska Museum's collection of contemporary photos and films. The ceiling vault allows observers to take a seat and experience the changing world.

Visiting the exhibition

The exhibition space is organized by theme. In different thematic sections you can learn more about what the Arctic is., How climate change is affecting the region, what resources it has and how people have lived, Traveled and dressed in this area through the years. It also teaches about the relationship between humans and ice, how it has been through time and how it is today, as the ice melts.

The Nordic Museum is located on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm (Sweden). Its exhibitions focus on the history of the Swedish people and their culture from the late Middle Ages to today..