- How does attempting to model an object compare to simply viewing one in an exhibition?
A lot more thought goes into modelling an object. You can kind of just go into an exhibition and use your eyes to look at the object with however much detail you’d like. If you want to model an object, you have to get pictures of it from every possible angle, you have to put in any details that the computer can’t see, like texture, and often pieces will get lost because photos are two dimensional and objects are three dimensional. So, you will probably have to fix a lot of voids and other issues when modelling an object. The benefit to modelling an object is that once you’ve modelled it once, everybody around the world could get access to your model! You can also zoom in and out and look at it from different angles, and see details that would be invisible to the naked eye.
- Does the process of photogrammetry encourage close looking and attention to details you might otherwise have ignored?
Absolutely. The texture of objects, small imperfections, and small designs are all things that I would have ignored if I didn’t have to pay active attention to it in the process of photogrammetry.
- Does engaging with objects in this way make you more curious about this (and/or other) things, as well as the stories they can tell?
I think it does. When photographing the big horse with red saddle, I noticed myself paying more attention to details and wondering about why they were there and why the artist chose to put them there. For imperfections, I wondered how they got there; if it was a mistake, or a deliberate choice from the artist. Overall, I was a lot more curious about this object than I would have been if I was just looking at the exhibition.
- How does moving from passive observer to active modeler change your thinking on communicating about art and history to various publics?
It allows for discussing more details of art in more specificity. Instead of alluding to a piece of art which people may or may not have seen, I could point to specific designs in the object and explain what their purpose is. 3d modelling an object also allows for more people to observe it who may not have been able to before.
