- bring paintings and photographs to life
The Digital PeepBox is an audiovisual exhibit that brings paintings or photographs to life in a playful and direct way. Inspired by traditional peep boxes, which mostly used still pictures or objects illuminated by sun- or candle light, the Digital PeepBox is triggered through sensor input and is based on layers of video, animation and sound.
One side of the box displays a replica of a painting and in the middle of it the user finds a small peephole. When looking through the hole, a digital replica of the painting is revealed and comes to life through a short film sequence that is played out. If the visitor looks away, the sound and the illuminated image switch off. If one looks again, a new scene is played out.
Cases and Clients
#1 The Siesta PeepBox
Produced by Evoking Spaces for permanent display at the Children's art Museum Papalote@Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2008, in collaboration with Performing Pictures.
#2 The Castle PeepBox
Produced by Evoking Spaces for permanent display at the Stockholm City Museum, in collaboration with Stockholm City Museum and Performing Pictures, 2008. Supported by the project GRIG, founded by EU:s Culture 2000-Programme.
#3 Electro Bacchanalia PeepBox
Prototype developed at the Digital Cultural Heritage Centre of Expertise, Interactive Institute, 2007, in collaboration with Performing Pictures.
Related news/Media coverage
2008-08-08 Papalote children’s museum in order PeepBox
2008-05-13 Castle PeepBox in Svenska Dagbladets kulturguiden
2008-05-06 Article in kulturstan.se about the Castle PeepBox
2008-04-30 Opening for the Castle PeepBox
2008-04-09 Evoking Spaces article in the museum technology blog - Museiteknik
2007-11-26 Electro Bachhanalia at VAST 2007
2007-10-31 Electro Bachhanalia at the Cologne Fine Art fair 2007
2007-09-03 Electro Bachhanalia premiered at EUROGRAPHICS 2007
The Digital PeepBox is developed at the Digital Cultural Heritage Centre of Expertise at the Interactive Institute in collaboration with Performing Pictures and Evoking Spaces. Idea and interpretative design by Halina Gottlieb, Interactive Institute. Copyrights Evoking Spaces 2009, all rights reserved.
