Open Access Antiquarianism

A project in San Diego, CA by Vid Petrovic & Ashley M. Richter
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A Tech-Sci-Art showcase to push the boundaries of modern armchair archaeology, digital archives, and open access to the global past.
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Backers: 17
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Funded: $925 of $16,000
Dates: Jul 11th -> Jul 31st (20 days)
Project By: Vid Petrovic & Ashley M. Richter
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Latest News

Archeologists 3D Print Historical Remixes

July 24th - via: 3dprintingindustry.com
3D scanning and 3D printing have the unique abilities to take what might otherwise be locked away in a museum or anchored to a specific locale and transport them across the world to a given person’s own home. Transforming historical artifacts and pieces of art into digital, 3D printable data not only opens up our global heritage to anyone with access to a computer and a 3D printer, but it opens that heritage up to interpretation and reinterpretation. With the advent of 3D printing and scanning, anyone can make famous works their own through artistic manipulation. To showcase this new art form, archeologist Ashley Richter and computer scientist Vid Petrovic are planning to launch an art exhibition in San Diego, California, with a little help from the Kickstarter community. (Read More)

Archaeologist Promotes Wonders of Digital Archaeology

July 21st - via: popular-archaeology.com
A beautifully and precisely rendered 3D map of an emerging new archaeological site; An exact replica of a rare and priceless artifact you can hold in your hand, for study or to just set on your shelf; An authentically fact-based image of an ancient palace, reconstructed digitally to show how it would have looked in its full splendor before it became a ruin for study by archaeologists following the ravages of time; High-tech "eyes" that can see ancient structures hidden from the naked eye by thick forest overgrowth. (Read More)

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