The Experiential Design Index

American Civil War Museum Robins Theater: A People's Contest — American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar

A People's Contest: America's Civil War & Emancipation, a 13-minute orientation film for the Robins Theater at the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, VA, opened in 2020; produced by Solid Light with AV integration by CED.

VenueAmerican Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar
Project typeInstallation
StatusCompleted
Year completed2020
Technologiesprojection mapping

Credits

FirmRoleNote
Solid Light Content Production
Solid Light Media Design & Software
Solid Light Fabrication
ced AV Integration

Description

The capstone of the museum's 2019 core exhibit, developed with museum staff, historians, and scholars. Solid Light and CED developed a layered projection technique to portray the war's human dimensions through the perspectives of politicians, military leaders and soldiers, African Americans (enslaved and freed), women, and children.

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