Aleppo, a 5,000 year journey Conceived by ICONEM From 2 April to 22 August 2020
The Boghossian Foundation hosts its first immersive digital exhibition dedicated to Aleppo, the millennial city. Since 2012, the battles of the Syrian civil war ravage the city of Aleppo.
Bombardments and fighting on the ground took a heavy toll on the civilian population, but also on the material heritage. It is estimated that several hundred historic buildings were damaged or destroyed. Even today it is difficult to quantify what was lost in the destruction and what can be salvaged.
Thanks to several field missions in 2017, Iconem’s teams, specialized in the digitization of endangered heritage, managed to establish 3D models of several major monuments in the Old City of Aleppo.
This work, in addition to virtually safeguarding this heritage and enabling remote analysis, makes the martyred remains of Syrian architecture accessible to the general public. Immersed in a slow stroll through the 3D models of Aleppo’s main monuments, the visitor is confronted in turn with the harshness of the damage inflicted on the historic heart of the city and the beauty of the remains of these monuments.
The original music for the exhibition was conceived by Stanley David of Lossy and Corentin Simonis of Les Garçons.
Boghossian Foundation Villa Empain,
Centre for art and dialogue between Eastern and Western cultures Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 67 – 1050 Brussels www.boghossianfoundation.be
About ICONEM
Founded in 2013 by Yves Ubelmann, Iconem contributes to the conservation and promotion of endangered heritage, by digitalising it for further exploration and study. His team works across the globe, bringing together additional technologies in order to adapt to all terrains - using photogrammetry, laser scanning, and large-scale scanning via drones. Executing 3D photorealist models of our heritage’s most precious sites helps both ensure their protection and communicate them to a larger audience. Over the past few years, Iconem has designed digital exhibions in France and internationally, such as Cités millénaires, at the Arab World Institute, Paris, 2018 and From Mossoul to Palmyra, A Virtual Journey through the World’s Cultural Heritage, at Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, 2019.
These immersive experiences help give the public access to exceptional heritage sites.
Information Exhibition Aleppo, a 5,000 year journey From 2 April to 22 August 2020
From Tuesday to Sunday, from 11 am to 6 pm
Opening lecture Aleppo, conservation and new technologies Wednesday 1st April 2020, at 7 pm With Yves Ubelmann (ICONEM) and Manuel Fio.
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