Reykjavik 871±2, The Settlement Exhibition
Interactive table about the longhouse and it´s function. Photo: Gudmundur Ingolfsson
Interactive screens on cultural affinity. Photo: Gudmundur Ingolfsson
Interactive screens showing the life of the first settlers. Photo: Gudmundur Ingolfsson
The project
Gagarin co-produced a variety of interactive installations with Art+Com in Berlin for the Settlement Exhibition, which was awarded the NODEM prize in 2006.
Visitors can in an interactive manner explore the settlement farm and its surroundings in 874, when the first settlers arrived in Iceland. The exhibition was designed in connection with an archaeological excavation on a viking-age longhouse, which is the centerpiece of the exhibition. The installations include:
- An interactive table about the longhouse and it´s function
- An interactive panel where users reconstruct the Longhouse from the first stone to the last turf
- Interactive screens on the life of the first settlers
- Interactive screens on cultural affinity – language, placenames, domestic animals and genetics
Our role
- Original idea
- Conception and development of installations
- Media design
- Programming
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Awards
Nordic digital excellence in museums (NODEM) 2006, Best Design of Digital Exeperiences in Museums in the Nordic countries.