New museum, new digital images

Richard Woodcock, Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Electronic Imaging and Media Communications (EIMC), took part in the development of the Digital Imaging Gallery in the £13 million redevelopment of the Bradford-based National Museum of Photography, Film and Television.

Richard was asked to produce the storyline for the gallery - the text which explains the different aspects of the exhibition.

EIMC and the Museum collaborate in teaching the EIMC degree courses, and are partners in the Europe-funded VPARK project, which involves the design and creation of a distributed virtual amusement park.

The challenge for Richard was to produce text for state-of-the-art exhibits that would explain complex technical systems in a language easily understood by a typical visitor to the museum.

The storyline covers three major dimensions: digital-imaging technologies, the uses to which the technologies are put, and their social and cultural impact. Richard said: "There was an added complication because the text accompanying a specific exhibit has to stand alone as well as form part of the development of the gallery's overall storyline."

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