The Nordic Museum immerses visitors in the Arctic world with a complex projection system

Optoma equipment brings the exhibition's giant iceberg to life The Arctic – While the ice melts. In the great hall of more than 20 meters high, two ZU1050 projectors, powered by a pair of BrightSign players, Images of the movement of the ice show.

The Great Hall of the Nordic Museum (Nordiska Museet) has immersed himself in the life and changing conditions of the Arctic region with the exhibition The Arctic – While the ice melts. It seeks to show and make this area known from a variety of perspectives: The geographical area, the people who live there, animals and, maybe, The Most Critical Problem Today, Climate Change and Polar Melting.

The central element of the audiovisual exhibition, created by Kreativ Teknik, invites visitors to walk through a model of a giant iceberg with a deep crack running through it that represents the gap between past and present. The piece was created in cooperation with the design duo Museea.

The visitor can walk towards the iceberg and through the crevasse, where you will find narratives and objects that link the present with the past, connecting science with mythology and presenting a poetic and multifaceted story about the past and future of ice and the daily lives of people in the Arctic.

As you enter the magnificent room of over 20 meters high, Two laser projectors Optoma ZU1050 10.000 Lumens, powered by a pair of media players BrightSign, illuminate the iceberg's facades with stylized images of the movement of the ice on either side of the cracks.

Stories told through a collection of contemporary Arctic films, They are powered from a computer with nine outputs running Arkaos Mediamaster Pro to nine projectors ZU500TST. In the crack, ice is projected from a Dataton Two-ZU500TST Watchout on the Curved Wall, giving the feeling of being in an igloo. A total of 25 Optoma projectors.

The projections have been created by Jesper Wachtmeister, drawing mainly on the Nordiska Museum's collection of contemporary photos and films. The vaulted ceiling allows observers to take a seat and experience the changing world.

Visiting the exhibition

The exhibition space is organized by theme. In different thematic sections you can learn more about what the Arctic is, How Climate Change Is Affecting the Region, what resources you have and how people have lived, traveled and dressed in this area through the years. He also teaches about the relationship between humans and ice, how it has been through the ages and how it is today, As the ice melts.

The Nordic Museum is located on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm (Sweden). Its exhibitions focus on the history of the Swedish people and their culture from the late Middle Ages to the present day.

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