MULTIPLE REALITIES: VIDEO PROJECTION IN THE TOMB OF RAMSSESS II

Kevin Cain, INSIGHT

Survey of an unusual project that overlays a mediated reality on the actual walls of a uniquely important Egyptian tomb. Combining video projection, computer animation, and digital compositing, a kind of ‘plural space’ is generated in the tomb’s burial chamber. More than a technical trick, the approach of video projecting reconstructions onto the walls mirrors the ritual animation of the tomb’s inscriptions during the ‘opening of the mouth’ ceremony. This use of video projection lies somewhere between art installation, traditional archaeology, and the use of computers as theater. A primary goal is to Also to be discussed are prior projects in Peru, Spain, and Italy.