Hologram competition follow up.
Hologram competition follow up.
2015-10-07 17:19:23
Jan here.I contacted the DMU Heritage Centre following the link with my thoughts and got this reply. When I saw the Arches in the student cafe area during the week of the Reinterment I thought the area looked sterile, but the display on the history of local industries & DMU was interesting. I'm content to have a reply but query "conventional" seen as a negative label that needs challenging. If something is conventional then many people will understand it. That doesn't mean it also lacks originality.I doubt I shall be in Leicester during the time of the hologram being displayed.The reply:
Thank you for your email regarding the competition we have launched, which asks students to design a hologram of Richard III for our Heritage Centre.
I am happy to reassure you that at no point have students been requested to create the type of hologram you describe. In fact, the design brief is for an artistic commemoration rather than an historical recreation. It specifies that a faithful representation of the King would not be appropriate and asks for a sympathetic image which leaves unnecessary detail to the imagination.
DMU is proud of its rich history and proud of its Heritage Centre, which has attracted hundreds of people wishing to see the ruins of the Church of the Annunciation because of their connection to Richard, and is open to the public free of charge.
The university is also proud that its campus is home to some of the most creative students in the country, specialising in everything from art and architecture to fashion and footwear design.We are therefore excited to be inviting all of our students, who cover hundreds of creative disciplines, to come up with a dynamic design that will help us bring DMU's rich history to life in a way that challenges any conventional approach to remembering the past.
I want to end by extending a warm welcome to you to visit the DMU Heritage Centre so that you can see how we respectfully commemorate the life of Richard III, but also DMU's more recent past. It is open to the public Tuesday to Thursday from 10am to 3pm.
Best Regards,
Katharine Short (Archivist) and Elizabeth Wheelband (Heritage Centre Co-ordinator)
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Thank you for your email regarding the competition we have launched, which asks students to design a hologram of Richard III for our Heritage Centre.
I am happy to reassure you that at no point have students been requested to create the type of hologram you describe. In fact, the design brief is for an artistic commemoration rather than an historical recreation. It specifies that a faithful representation of the King would not be appropriate and asks for a sympathetic image which leaves unnecessary detail to the imagination.
DMU is proud of its rich history and proud of its Heritage Centre, which has attracted hundreds of people wishing to see the ruins of the Church of the Annunciation because of their connection to Richard, and is open to the public free of charge.
The university is also proud that its campus is home to some of the most creative students in the country, specialising in everything from art and architecture to fashion and footwear design.We are therefore excited to be inviting all of our students, who cover hundreds of creative disciplines, to come up with a dynamic design that will help us bring DMU's rich history to life in a way that challenges any conventional approach to remembering the past.
I want to end by extending a warm welcome to you to visit the DMU Heritage Centre so that you can see how we respectfully commemorate the life of Richard III, but also DMU's more recent past. It is open to the public Tuesday to Thursday from 10am to 3pm.
Best Regards,
Katharine Short (Archivist) and Elizabeth Wheelband (Heritage Centre Co-ordinator)
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