Expanded Interiors: Bringing contemporary site-specific fine-art practice to Roman houses at Herculaneum and Pompeii.
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Arts and Cultures
Abstract
Expanded Interiors is an interdisciplinary research project that draws site-specific contemporary fine art practice into a unique dialogue with ancient Roman wall paintings and architectural remains at the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii. For the first time it brings together the practice-led research of visual artist, Catrin Huber, with the disciplinary perspectives and expertise of archaeologists, art historians, and digital technologists. The project is delivered in partnership with the Soprintendenza Pompei and the Herculaneum Conservation Project. With 2.5 million annual visitors to Pompeii alone, this collaboration offers an amazing opportunity to bring site-specific fine art practice and interdisciplinary archaeological research to a large and international public audience.
The Expanded Interiors research inserts itself within a particular set of archaeological explorations around Roman architecture and interiors. By focusing on wall paintings it asks questions about the place, purpose and design of Roman houses: in particular how these paintings negotiated public and private space and how they related to objects within the home. While these questions have been explored by some academics this is the first time such issues have been brought together with contemporary site-specific fine art practice or with the aim of exploring new digital approaches to the display of archaeological artefacts at open air heritage sites.
Through archaeological and fine-art based investigation and 3D digital scanning and printing Expanded Interiors will generate and present site-specific installations within two Roman houses, the Casa del Bel Cortile at Herculaneum and the Casa dei Criptoportico at Pompeii. In doing so it will establish a bridge between the ancient methods and skills of the Roman wall painter and those used within contemporary fine art practice, providing new insights and understandings of these two different creative worlds.
We expect that the research findings and outputs generated through Expanded Interiors will be of interest to an international academic and practitioner audience that crosses the boundaries of archaeology, contemporary fine art practice, art history, museums and heritage. We will engage with these audiences through a variety of outputs and channels. A major two-day international symposium will be held at Herculaneum, during the exhibition period, which will open up our research questions and findings to an audience of artists, conservationists, historians, art historians, classicists, and archaeologists. A monograph print publication, comprising documentation of the installations and the research process and a series of newly commissioned essays, will also be produced. Published by Art Editions North this book is aimed at an international contemporary arts readership. The Expanded Interiors research will also be publicly disseminated through a project website, and through conference papers and published articles in academic and professional journals within the fields of contemporary art, archaeology, heritage and museums studies.
This is a public-facing research project that will have benefit far beyond academia. Through the on-site installations it will impact directly on the visitor audience at Herculaneum and Pompeii providing a novel opportunity to enhance and enliven the visitor experience at these two sites. By experimenting with new and innovative ways of presenting ancient buildings and objects on-site the project suggests potential new approaches to archaeological display that could be taken up and developed at other heritage sites and museum contexts. In particular it offers new understandings of the possibilities of site-specific art as a platform for public engagement with archaeology and new insights into the feasibility of the creative use of 3-D technologies within open-air museum display.
The Expanded Interiors research inserts itself within a particular set of archaeological explorations around Roman architecture and interiors. By focusing on wall paintings it asks questions about the place, purpose and design of Roman houses: in particular how these paintings negotiated public and private space and how they related to objects within the home. While these questions have been explored by some academics this is the first time such issues have been brought together with contemporary site-specific fine art practice or with the aim of exploring new digital approaches to the display of archaeological artefacts at open air heritage sites.
Through archaeological and fine-art based investigation and 3D digital scanning and printing Expanded Interiors will generate and present site-specific installations within two Roman houses, the Casa del Bel Cortile at Herculaneum and the Casa dei Criptoportico at Pompeii. In doing so it will establish a bridge between the ancient methods and skills of the Roman wall painter and those used within contemporary fine art practice, providing new insights and understandings of these two different creative worlds.
We expect that the research findings and outputs generated through Expanded Interiors will be of interest to an international academic and practitioner audience that crosses the boundaries of archaeology, contemporary fine art practice, art history, museums and heritage. We will engage with these audiences through a variety of outputs and channels. A major two-day international symposium will be held at Herculaneum, during the exhibition period, which will open up our research questions and findings to an audience of artists, conservationists, historians, art historians, classicists, and archaeologists. A monograph print publication, comprising documentation of the installations and the research process and a series of newly commissioned essays, will also be produced. Published by Art Editions North this book is aimed at an international contemporary arts readership. The Expanded Interiors research will also be publicly disseminated through a project website, and through conference papers and published articles in academic and professional journals within the fields of contemporary art, archaeology, heritage and museums studies.
This is a public-facing research project that will have benefit far beyond academia. Through the on-site installations it will impact directly on the visitor audience at Herculaneum and Pompeii providing a novel opportunity to enhance and enliven the visitor experience at these two sites. By experimenting with new and innovative ways of presenting ancient buildings and objects on-site the project suggests potential new approaches to archaeological display that could be taken up and developed at other heritage sites and museum contexts. In particular it offers new understandings of the possibilities of site-specific art as a platform for public engagement with archaeology and new insights into the feasibility of the creative use of 3-D technologies within open-air museum display.
Planned Impact
Expanded Interiors will be of direct practical and strategic benefit to both its major heritage partners - Soprintendenza Pompei (SP) and the Herculaneum Conservation Project (HCP) (Letters of Support). For SP our research contributes to its aim of extending cultural engagement and participation with the Pompeii site while for HCP it represents an important opportunity to generate new connections between the archaeological site and the community of modern Ercolano, the contemporary town surrounding the Herculaneum archaeological site. In staging the research at both Pompeii, and Herculaneum Expanded Interiors also plays a strategic role in developing research, curatorial and promotional links between the partner organisations and in encouraging visitor flow between the two sites. Through the diversity of its research outputs (on-site, online and in print), Expanded Interiors has the potential to benefit and impact on a number of very different non-academic audiences and communities of interest beyond its immediate participants and project partners.
(1) International visitors to Herculaneum and Pompeii:
In juxtaposing contemporary art and material artefacts from the ancient world within the on-site installations Expanded Interiors has the potential to reframe and extend the visitor' encounter with the Roman remains, introducing a new visual experience and narrative that goes beyond purely archaeological understandings. For repeat visitors the new installations offer a way to refresh past understandings of the site and its history. Encountered within archaeological venues, the art installations also have the potential to stimulate visitors' own interest in and appreciation of contemporary visual art in its own right, perhaps opening this up to an audience that may have little previous experience of site-specific contemporary art. On a practical level, the project will also benefit visitors in allowing access to archaeological artefacts (replicas) held in store, that are not normally on public view.
(2) Local communities in Ercolano:
Stimulating and provoking a new relationship between contemporary fine art practice and Roman archaeology is one of the key objectives of our research project. As well as doing this directly through the contemporary art installations themselves, this objective will also be delivered through an active community events programme that is focused on the contemporary population living around the Herculaneum site. Developed and delivered in collaboration with HCP's outreach team these activities will engage participants in an active exploration of the similarities/contrasts between contemporary interior decoration (as deployed within modern Ercolano), site-specific fine-art practice, and Roman period practices. These activities will also help to generate broader discussion around the cultural, social and economic value of the World Heritage Site's presence within the town.
(3) Contemporary visual arts, archaeology and heritage practitioners:
In experimenting with new and innovative ways of presenting Roman buildings, interiors and artefacts Expanded Interiors suggests potential new approaches to archaeological display that could be taken up and developed at other heritage sites and open-air museums. In particular it offers new understandings of the possibilities of site-specific contemporary art as a platform for public engagement with archaeology. Our research also contributes new experimentation and empirical findings to what is a growing field of interest in the use of digital technologies and 3-D digitally produced replicas within archaeological investigation and museum display. As well as demonstrating and exploring these issues within the on-site installations in Italy, these ideas will be opened up and disseminated to international and online audiences through the research symposium, project website, Expanded Interiors book publication and practitioner-led journal articles.
(1) International visitors to Herculaneum and Pompeii:
In juxtaposing contemporary art and material artefacts from the ancient world within the on-site installations Expanded Interiors has the potential to reframe and extend the visitor' encounter with the Roman remains, introducing a new visual experience and narrative that goes beyond purely archaeological understandings. For repeat visitors the new installations offer a way to refresh past understandings of the site and its history. Encountered within archaeological venues, the art installations also have the potential to stimulate visitors' own interest in and appreciation of contemporary visual art in its own right, perhaps opening this up to an audience that may have little previous experience of site-specific contemporary art. On a practical level, the project will also benefit visitors in allowing access to archaeological artefacts (replicas) held in store, that are not normally on public view.
(2) Local communities in Ercolano:
Stimulating and provoking a new relationship between contemporary fine art practice and Roman archaeology is one of the key objectives of our research project. As well as doing this directly through the contemporary art installations themselves, this objective will also be delivered through an active community events programme that is focused on the contemporary population living around the Herculaneum site. Developed and delivered in collaboration with HCP's outreach team these activities will engage participants in an active exploration of the similarities/contrasts between contemporary interior decoration (as deployed within modern Ercolano), site-specific fine-art practice, and Roman period practices. These activities will also help to generate broader discussion around the cultural, social and economic value of the World Heritage Site's presence within the town.
(3) Contemporary visual arts, archaeology and heritage practitioners:
In experimenting with new and innovative ways of presenting Roman buildings, interiors and artefacts Expanded Interiors suggests potential new approaches to archaeological display that could be taken up and developed at other heritage sites and open-air museums. In particular it offers new understandings of the possibilities of site-specific contemporary art as a platform for public engagement with archaeology. Our research also contributes new experimentation and empirical findings to what is a growing field of interest in the use of digital technologies and 3-D digitally produced replicas within archaeological investigation and museum display. As well as demonstrating and exploring these issues within the on-site installations in Italy, these ideas will be opened up and disseminated to international and online audiences through the research symposium, project website, Expanded Interiors book publication and practitioner-led journal articles.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Catrin Huber (Principal Investigator) | |
| Ian Haynes (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Artdaily
(2018)
Pompeii becomes a contemporary art gallery in new Newcastle University project
in artdaily
ArtITrope
(2018)
Contemporary Art invites itself to Pompeii and Herculaneum
in ART I TROPE
Artlyst
(2018)
Pompeii And Contemporary Art Merge In Newcastle University Site-Specific Installation
in Artlyst.com
Benforte A
(2018)
Maiuri pop-up Expanded Interiors a Ercolano
in Econote
Bürklin H
(2018)
Frohes Unheil. Pompej: Catrin Huber lässt Gegenwart auf Antike prallen
in Kunstzeitung
Can G
(2018)
2000 Years Through The Walls: Catrin Huber in Pompeii and Herculaneum
in The Protagonist Magazine
DeJuan A G
(2018)
Roman Houses in Herculaneum and Pompeii in a new dialogue with Expanded Interiors project
in Metalocus
Editor
(2018)
Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum and Pompeii
in AboutMyGeneration
Editor
(2018)
New art rises among the ruins of Pompeii
in The Art Newspaper
Editor
(2018)
New project will see contemporary artworks installed among the ancient ruins of Herculaneum and Pompeii
in FamilyTree
| Title | 3D digital models of Roman objects and 3D replicas |
| Description | We 3D scanned Roman objects from the storerooms at Parco Archeologico di Ercolano (PaErco) and Parco Archeologico di Pompei (PAP) and produced 3D models. These 3D models were 3D printed into replicas (artistic and technical replicas, as we experimented with - for example - materiality, scale and shape). 18 replicas have been part of the fine-art installations in the two Roman houses. We made the datasets open-access under the FAIR principle on data.ncl. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | We have used some of these replicas at our workshops in Herculaneum (January 2018). It was the first time that replicas have been used for workshops there, and PaErco was interested in continuing the practice. It was also the first time that many participants handled replicas, and they were surprised by how powerful these objects remain despite being replicas. 18 replicas have become part of the art installations. Feedback from visitors to the exhibitions highlighted how the contemporary perspective onto these Roman objects have changed their understanding of them: 'I can imagine how they looked like before, among live people, earlier I saw them just as ancient history, without the touch of life'. |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/blogpodcasts/videopodcastdigitalscanningmodellingin3d.h... |
| Title | Bella Ciao / Ciao Bella - Catrin Huber |
| Description | Bella Ciao is a series of large artistic prints of Roman figures onto ten large perspex-panels. Letters are laser cut into the perspex, that can be combined to spell out different words such as Ciao Bella - Bella Ciao. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Bella Ciao - Ciao Bella was part of the Expanded Interiors exhibition at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum. Please see the exhibition's comment on reach, significance, and notable impacts. |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/art/ |
| Title | Catrin Huber - Expanded Interiors at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard, Herculaneum, 17th May 2018 - 15th January 2019 |
| Description | The exhibition was a large-scale installation comprised of a stainless-steel construction that reflected on the architectural framework of the Roman wall paintings at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum. The construction holds ten large perspex-panels with artistic prints of Roman objects. It also incorporated thirteen 3D printed replicas of Roman objects (artistically altered and technical replicas of mainly Roman female statues). The installation reflected on the decoration of the house, the history of the House of the Beautiful Courtyard (e.g. Maiuri's Museum, 1956), and distinctive Roman objects from Herculaneum. http://ercolano.beniculturali.it/expanded-interiors-inaugurata-al-parco-di-ercolano-17-maggio15-gennaio-2019/ |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | The Expanded Interiors exhibition at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Herculaneum has reached broad local, regional, national, and international audiences. Visitor numbers in 2018 for Herculaneum were: 534,328 (plus 44,298). Estimated visitor numbers for Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum are: 300,530 (75% of visitors). Please note that the biggest increase of visitor numbers was in May (plus 15,375), when Expanded Interiors opened with a program of events. The Expanded Interiors exhibitions have gained enthusiastic national (e.g. Guardian, July18; Apollo, May18; The Art Newspaper, May18; The Protagonist Magazine, Oct18; Current World Archaeology, May18), and international press coverage (e.g. El Pais, July18, Spain; Kunstzeitung, Sept18, Germany; Artribune, Nov18, Italy; Arte.com, 18 July 2018, Italy; Musica, Arte y Cultura, 18 July 2018, Spain). The project was also featured on the most preeminent Italian national TV (e.g. RAI, July18), and radio (e.g. radio 1/RAI, Jan19). PaErco has pointed out that the Expanded Interiors exhibition has offered a new and exciting visitor experience for local, national and international visitors, and that it had attracted new visitors. Feedback from visitors evidenced change of attitudes and views on contemporary art and archaeology, and engagement with the Roman site and objects. Comments included: 'I think the show somewhat validates the Roman paintings as art not just as tired artefacts belonging in a museum.'; '(Roman objects)..The are revitalised', '(Roman wall paintings)..It made me think of them as artworks in their own right...'; 'I suppose I see them more as artworks and less as bits of history"; 'Ideas seemed to me very fresh, most exciting'. The Expanded Interiors exhibitions proved a huge success, with almost 92% of visitors saying that they enjoyed visiting them. High visitor numbers (44%, with peaks to 50% in the 0-24 years age group) thought that the exhibition had changed their perception of Roman wall painting, suggesting that it had made them think about how the ancient and the contemporary can meet in new and meaningful ways. Almost 54% claimed that Expanded Interiors helped them to look at Roman objects in a different way, and to think about materiality and gender in a broader way ('good to see an alternative view of women, appreciated for more than the body'). Almost 42% of visitors (with almost 50% in the 0-24 years age group) felt that the exhibition had changed their attitude to fine-art practice and archaeological research and the relationship between past and present, encouraging them to look at fine art, heritage and archaeology in new ways ('I have always enjoyed fine art, but I've never seen it used within an archaeological context - the art reinvigorates. Until now I thought of both concerns being quite separate from one another'). |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/art/ |
| Title | Catrin Huber - Expanded Interiors exhibition at the House of the Cryptoporticus, Pompeii, 14th July 2018 - 20th January 2019 |
| Description | Catrin Huber developed two large-scale installations for the Expanded Interiors exhibition at the House of the Cryptoporticus at the UNESCO World Heritage site Pompeii. The installations investigated and responded to the specific second style Roman wall paintings at the House of the Cryptoporticus. One installation was a construction of 9 painted aluminium panels opposing the painted colonnade in the cryptoporticus. The construction formed the support for a more than 11m long contemporary painting that incorporated five 3D printed, and artistically altered replicas of Roman objects (four face cups and one oil lamp). The other installation was a construction of 15 aluminium panels, that formed in itself a painted room. The latter installation responded to the beautifully painted bath complex within the House of the Cryptoporticus. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | The Expanded Interiors exhibition at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Pompeii has reached broad local, regional, national, and international audiences. Looking at visitor feedback data collected in the Expanded Interiors exhibition at Pompeii on 19th January 2019, we have had for example visitors from Italy, Spain, Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Switzerland, UK, France, Poland, Ireland, Russia, Lithuania, Germany, New Zealand, Czech Republic, Mexico, United States. Pompeii had more than 3.6 million visitors in 2018. The House of the Cryptoporticus is positioned opposite of the House of the Menander (one of the key attractions of the site). Thanks to the Expanded Interiors project the house was open for the whole day from July 2018 to January 2019 (usually it is only open for half a day). We estimate that at least 10% of all visitors will have seen the exhibition at the House of the Crytpoporticus: about 364 658 visitors. The Expanded Interiors exhibitions have gained enthusiastic national (e.g. Guardian, July18; Apollo, May18; The Art Newspaper, May18; The Protagonist Magazine, Oct18; Current World Archaeology, May18), and international press coverage (e.g. El Pais, July18, Spain; Kunstzeitung, Sept18, Germany; Artribune, Nov18, Italy; Arte.com, 18 July 2018, Italy; Musica, Arte y Cultura, 18 July 2018, Spain). The project was also featured on the most preeminent Italian national TV (e.g. RAI, July18), and radio (e.g. radio 1/RAI, Jan19). Visitors have reported on changes to their attitudes, perception and engagement with heritage sites and contemporary art. Comments included: "It (the exhibition) gave me more knowledge'; 'it made me think about the connection between the taste and perception of art now and then'; 'It helps you to appreciate ancient paintings through your choice of colours and geometrical shapes'; 'your installation (coloured pannels) exalt the original paints and colours', 'I think it is a really interesting way to connect contemporary art and the past and I think its really cool', 'I like thinking about how could a modern house look like if it was inspired from Pompeii', 'It has made me reflect about the intersections between different subjects and how art and archaeology are both relevant to each other'. The Expanded Interiors exhibitions proved a huge success, with almost 92% of visitors saying that they enjoyed visiting them. High visitor numbers (44%, with peaks to 50% in the 0-24 years age group) thought that the exhibition had changed their perception of Roman wall painting, suggesting that it had made them think about how the ancient and the contemporary can meet in new and meaningful ways. Almost 54% claimed that Expanded Interiors helped them to look at Roman objects in a different way, and to think about materiality and gender in a broader way ('good to see an alternative view of women, appreciated for more than the body'). Almost 42% of visitors (with almost 50% in the 0-24 years age group) felt that the exhibition had changed their attitude to fine-art practice and archaeological research and the relationship between past and present, encouraging them to look at fine art, heritage and archaeology in new ways ('I have always enjoyed fine art, but I've never seen it used within an archaeological context - the art reinvigorates. Until now I thought of both concerns being quite separate from one another'). Pompeii also highlighted Expanded Interiors as a case study in shaping future practice re art commissions on site. |
| URL | http://pompeiisites.org/en/exhibitions/expanded-interiors/ |
| Title | Drawings, collages, photographs and designs for three site-specific installations - Catrin Huber |
| Description | I've used drawings, collages, photographs, and models to develop designs for three site-specific installations for two Roman houses: Casa del Criptoportico and Casa del Bel Cortile. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | These drawings, collages, photographs, models and designs have not yet been presented / published. |
| Title | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - exhibition by Catrin Huber and commission by Rosie Morris |
| Description | The overall Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition comprised of four gallery exhibitions: Gallery 1 titled 'Along and Through' at the Hatton Gallery exhibited Catrin Huber's installation 'Along and Through', a large-scale painting installation incorporating 3D printed face cups, which was originally exhibited at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii (July 2018 - January 2019). Gallery 2 titled 'The Corner Escape' at the Hatton Gallery exhibited Catrin Huber's installation 'Around and Up", a large-scale painting installation, which was originally exhibited at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii (July 2018 - January 2019). It also displayed Huber's 'The Corner Escape', a wall paper drawing / painting. Gallery 3 exhibited Rosie Morris's Expanded Interiors Re-Staged commission and installation 'In / out / of this world', which comprised of 'Sunlit walls', large-scale digital prints of drawings; 'Curtains', an oil painting; 'This chamber of mine', a diorama; 'From where I sit', a photograph; and 'Threshold' a video projection and vinyl floor. Gallery 4 titled 'Light Trap' at the Hatton Gallery exhibited Catrin Huber's installation 'Bella Ciao' a large-scale installation comprising scaffolding-like construction, prints on persplex, 3D printed replicas of Roman statues. 'Bella Ciao' was originally exhibited at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum (May 2018 - January 2019). 'Light Trap' also displayed Huber's 'Black Hole', 'Asteroids', and 'White Dwarf', textile wall hangings of various sizes; and 'Light Trap', a 3D real-time environment (documentation and artwork) showing Huber's installations within the interiors of the House of the Cryptoporticus and the House of the Beautiful Coutyard in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Each gallery space featured a wall text that guided the visitors through the exhibition: a quote from a fictional Roman wall painter that set Roman wall paintings in relation to the work displayed in each room. These quotes were taken from Catrin Huber's text: 'Art, Architecture, and life', a fictional conversation between three historical artists. The exhibition was also accompanied by an exhibition guide with texts by the artists Catrin Huber and Rosie Morris, creatively written about their respective gallery spaces, while linking the work to Expanded Interiors research, the exhibition context, and the historical Roman context of the North-East. The curation of the exhibition reflected on the complex nature of Roman house decoration, aiming to work with a dramatic choreography of changing exhibition spaces, and a building up of complexity in terms of addressing interiors spaces and use of multiple media and visual languages. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Catrin Huber's Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition and Rosie Morris' Expanded Interiors Re-Staged commission at the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne reached broad UK-based audiences and had 1152 visitors despite Covid 19 restrictions being in place that included having to limit visitor numbers per visit and pre-booking. It gained strong media coverage (e.g. 3 min feature on BBC Look North as part of the News (6:30pm,Friday 16th July 2021); review by Grace Denton in Corridor8, featured as case study in GEM's Biannual Case Studies (GEM: Vol. 28, 2022)) and very positive and extensive feedback from exhibition visitors. Based on visitor questionnaires (89 questionnaires returned), the majority of visitors, 91%, enjoyed the exhibition, with 80.9% of responses rating the exhibition as 5 or 4 on the scale of 5 being excellent through to 1 being poor. For some visitors the overall exhibition experience had very significant impact: "As in Q7 I'm open to most things in art and this show has been a bit of an eyeopener, a very enjoyable one. Anything that helps create art work and/or help understanding of past artwork is good."; "Removing boundaries and helping to [understand?] the connection between culture across time + space. At its best this could help form a small part of aiding greater human understanding generally"; "Viewing inhabitants animated and imagined environment.- Mind blown! The range of pieces, the level of visual tactility. I adore the BRP's, I think the multiplicity of the work and shifting mediums enhanced my appreciation of it."; "Loved that you could experience the art in different ways - really enjoyed the variety of media. Was great to be able to see it, walk inside it & then experience it within the 'video game"; "Hard to quantify the most enjoyable part... It was all so beautiful and moving. I was especially impressed with the animated 3D scan of Huber's work in situ in Herculaneum and Pompeii. It felt all the more fascinating and illuminating with that being the final room." 67.42% of respondents stated that the exhibition had changed their understanding of the relationships between contemporary art and Roman Wall painting. For some it introduced the concept of the relationship between the two for the first time and how it can engage with archaeology. For others it introduced them to a new way of looking at and thinking about the context of Roman Wall painting within Roman life outside of the more usual heritage site and museum context and bringing it closer to the contemporary experience: "I'd never thought of the link before so was a new + interesting experience."; "Strange to see contemporary wall art in ancient surroundings - Starts an interesting existential question about art and the meaning of it."; "Before the exhibition it was a subject I had never thought about or really knew anything about."; "Made me more aware of roman wall painting and the relevance and parallels to modern life."; "I've never considered these possible relationships, so it introduced this to me"; "Linking past to present highlights the reality of Roman life - not always a museum space once domestic interiors"; I didn't know much about Roman wall painting but the audio work helped me to understand how they played with space and illusions in a similar way to lots of site-specific contemporary art."; "Breaking down boundaries across time and space"; "I had never considered the two to be connected but after seeing the exhibition I like the use of contemporary art as a means of re-imagining these historic spaces."; "I feel Roman art is closer to us and more alive and present than I used to perceive it."; "I never before considered the impact of Roman wall painting, but now I realise its significance, especially from an artist's viewpoint." For some visitors the impact on their way of thinking about contemporary art in the heritage context was significant: "...The curation and layout of the rooms of this exhibition accumulate the knowledge and appreciation perfectly. Something I had never considered "for me" before and feels like such an excellent "penny drop" moment. Thank You!"; "My mind is set racing - I can bridge the past + present." The exhibition also impacted on how visitors looked at Roman objects, with 56.18% of respondents stating that the exhibition had changed their existing view of Roman objects, so that they would now view and understand them differently, by way of the context in which they could be exhibited, their context as objects in Roman life and culture and the connections with contemporary life and culture: "It allowed me to look at the objects in a very different context which I believe is important. Challenging how we see things is, I feel necessary for us to understand our relationship with objects."; Absolutely! seeing them within this framing brought new life to them. With humour and warm hearted generosity the accompanying text made them understandable and fun again."; "Yes, seeing the 3D printed replicas brought them into our high-tech contemporary context and brought up ideas of ownership and value - relevant to current discussions about museums, decolonisation and returning artefacts. I also liked the pot with the sticky-out tongue, which reminded me that the Romans had a sense of humour."; "I will be able to notice the art and creativity in Roman objects more"; The re-contextualised face cups looked surprisingly modern. Like a ceramic by Picasso. they brought out the modernity of antiquity."; "Presented in a contemporary context these objects have a timeless quality"; "I have seen a lot of Roman objects in museums in the UK and Italy but the exhibition showed how they could be re-imagined."; "Never imagined a 3D printing made after a Roman artefact. Now I feel Roman objects could become part of our daily life again."; "The incorporation of Roman objects in contemporary art installations allowed me to view them in a context other than a traditional museum setting." For 43.82% of respondents the exhibition also changed how they thought about fine-art practice and archeological research, either through their encounter with the displacement of archaeology into a gallery or through the opportunity to experience fine-art in the context of archeological sites and artefacts. The exhibition prompted people to re-think the connections between the two disciplines and the potential for developing their relationships: "I now feel rather embarrassed about previously finding archaeology stuff and boring...! Very impressed and grateful for this breath of life into it for me - and hopefully many others!"; "It has opened my mind to acknowledging how unique aspects of art can be linked together, despite them seeming so different from each other on the surface."; 'It has demonstrated how the two fields can be interlinked. i.e. how fine art can be used to further understanding and experience of archaeological sites such as Herculaneum and Pompeii.";"I can see link previously, now I feel it."; "This was the first show I have seen that considers the two topics together."; "The two seem more connected as disciplines." The exhibition also prompted some people to think specifically about the use of contemporary art as a means to explore Roman wall paintings and contemporary art and the value of seeing them brought together in the exhibition: "I think it is a very creative and intriguing way to bring out great historical pieces from Roman times. It opens the door for further perspectives on an era that is exceptionally complex."; It modernises the concept of Roman Paintings making it more accessible to a wider variety of people in current society."; "great referencing between different times! there's so much to unpack in history that modern art is the perfect tool for"; " I think it extremely refreshing. I usually wouldn't take interest in Roman painting and through the use of contemporary art this has allowed me to explore something very different."; "I really enjoyed seeing this, as it allows people to see Roman paintings from a new perspective, rather than them forming low expectations based on stereotypes."; "I think the contrast between contemporary and ancient works highlights the Roman paintings"; "I like to see the comparison between contemporary and Roman paintings - and think that the contemporary art helps us to relate to the Roman paintings on a more personal level"; The connection across different times/styles was thought provoking The Expanded Interiors Re-Staged project aimed to help explore connections between Roman and contemporary visual culture within the context of the Roman heritage of the North East of England, for example, Hadrian's Wall. The exhibition, as a significant part of the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged project, hoped to engage its audience with this heritage, 71.91% of whom had visited a Roman site in the North East. 40.45% of responders to the questionnaire answered that the exhibition had made them think about the Roman heritage of the North East, prompting some to make connections between the Roman sites of Italy and the North East, some to consider the value of contemporary art in engaging people with the local Roman heritage or change their views on Roman sites as locations of art rather than history. 43.83% of the respondents confirmed that the exhibition had encouraged them to find out about, visit or revisit their local Roman sites in the UK, for example, Segedunum at Wallsend, Bishop Auckland, Arbeia Roman Fort at South Shields, Housteads and Hexham, Northumberland, Ambleside in Cumbria or abroad, at Pompeii. "The exhibition allowed me to reimagine some of the Roman sites in the area as places of art as well as history. I can envision some of the artefacts in these spaces."; "Always enjoyed Roman sites, but will now be able to view it in a different way."; "As I was going through the exhibition I did think about all the Roman heritage we have in this area."; "Useful notes to help make the connections in the handout we were given at the start"; "It makes you realise how the North East has a connection with Roman Art."; I love history + all things Roman. Motivates me to revisit Roman sites.";"Lots of North East sites came to mind from the exhibition.", "I'll go back with fresh eyes. - There are some excellent wall paintings in the Segedunum museum."; "Time to revisit with fresh perspective"; "Unsure which, yet, but keep to research and visit again. Thought perhaps only good for children and history buffs, but have now reconsidered!"; "Such a rich history here in the N.E. so the exib is just another aspect /way of seeing this history in a contemporary sense." The exhibition also incorporated Catrin Huber's 'Light Trap', a Virtual Reality, real-time environment which was specifically designed to engage visitors with the research findings of Expanded Interiors in a new way, in the new location, while maintaining their link to the original Roman sites. It worked as both: documentation and artwork. 77.53% of the questionnaire respondents said that this digital format had helped them to imagine the installations in their original Roman locations. The consensus from these respondents was overwhelmingly positive, bringing the archaeology to life, demonstrating the potential for its use and adding to the exhibition experience: "Brilliance, I love the chance to 'look' around the place that is both real + imagined. Nervous previously about doing this but would try these again!!!"; "So interesting! Favourite part! ['favourite part' underlined for emphasis] Made it more of an experience after seeing the installations in real life then imagining it in situ."; "A master piece of Art in itself! Incredibly helpful additional context, particularly understanding the light and height of the space."; "I loved the interactivity of the 3D environment. It really helped to bring the archaeology to life. The movement of light and shadow was really interesting and created a sense of time. The 3D interaction tied in nicely with the rest of the exhibition."; "Very much enjoyed this. Felt like I was actually there experiencing the art in in its original environment."; 'Absolutely love the interactive rooms. It really gives you a sense of being there. The light dancing across the room provide different views."; "Fascinating - gave a much better experience being immersed within it"; "Excellent for providing thought and discussion"; "It was a highlight for me especially having just experiencing the art first-hand.";"It was excellent. Really gave the exhibition something extra"; "Loved being able to "walk" around the roman house using the console."; "Love it (picture of a heart) Enjoyable. Quite a privileged feeing - makes art accessible to masses."; "Really immersive and exciting."; "Definitely, wonderful experience."; "Easy to use. Did add a lot to the exhibition"; "LOVED THIS"; "I thought it was amazing and eye opening" |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriorsrestaged/exhibition/ |
| Title | Painting Installation 1 - Catrin Huber |
| Description | 9 paintings on aluminum frames, which form one over 11m long painting. The painting was specifically developed for the House of the Cryptoporticus. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Please see Expanded Interiors exhibition at the House of the Cryptoporticus for reach, significance, and notable impacts for installation 1. |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/art/ |
| Title | Painting Installation 2 - Catrin Huber |
| Description | 15 paintings on aluminum frames, which form one painted room. The 'painting room' was specifically developed for the House of the Cryptoporticus. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Please see Expanded Interiors exhibition at the House of the Cryptoporticus for reach, significance, and notable impacts for installation 2. |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/art/ |
| Title | by Catrin Huber for Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition: 'Along and Through' - Gallery 1 in the Hatton Gallery |
| Description | Gallery 1 titled 'Along and Through' at the Hatton Gallery exhibits Catrin Huber's installation 'Along and Through', a large-scale painting installation incorporating 3D replicas of Roman face cups, which was originally exhibited at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii (July 2018 - January 2019). Here the painting installation cuts through the light-filled, Roman-influenced architecture of the Hatton Gallery. The colourful 'wall paintings' of the installation are set in dialogue with the beautiful, white Georgian architecture of gallery 1. The installation reflects, among other things, on the colours, theatricality and choreography of movement within Roman houses, while highlighting the architecture of the Hatton Gallery. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The exhibition 'Along and Through' in gallery 1 at the Hatton Gallery, as part of the overall Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition, helped change visitor understanding of the relationship between contemporary art and Roman wall painting (67.42% of respondents to visitor questionnaire). Visitors commented that 'The dialogue between ancient and modern was fascinating. Wall paintings are amazing.'; 'the quote in the 'Along or Through' exhibition allowed me to consider the connections between the two'; 'the installation of the artwork was very engaging'; Interesting use of historical spaces, interpreted in an differing way"; 'The exploration of Roman wall painting as a theme and innovative representations of this motif.; 'I liked the element of fun and colour used throughout the exhibition to encourage us to think about the Roman villas as spaces used in every day life.'. They also highlighted the "Dynamic placement of (the) art work'. Please see the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition entry for more information on Impact. |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriorsrestaged/exhibition/gallery1/ |
| Title | by Catrin Huber for Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition: 'Light Trap' - Gallery 4 in the Hatton Gallery |
| Description | Gallery 4 titled 'Light Trap' at the Hatton Gallery exhibits Catrin Huber's installation 'Bella Ciao' a large-scale installation comprising scaffolding-like construction, prints on perspex, and 3D printed replicas of Roman statues. 'Bella Ciao' was originally exhibited at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum (May 2018 - January 2019). 'Light Trap' also displays 'Black Hole', 'Asteroids', and 'White Dwarf', textile wall hangings of various sizes; and 'Light Trap', a 3D real-time environment (VR documentation and artwork) showing Huber's installations within the interiors of the House of the Cryptoporticus and the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Pompeii and Herculaneum. This exhibition allowed for the 'direct' juxtaposition of the interiors of the Roman houses and the Hatton Gallery, and of the virtual and real installations. It also celebrated light and shadows, in their ephemeral and material manifestations (e.g. within the VR, within the exhibition space, on the different materials such as the fabric). |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The exhibition 'Light Trap' and the artworks displayed in gallery 4 were most frequently mentioned when visitors commented on what they enjoyed most about the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition. Among other things, this gallery helped change visitor understanding of the relationship between contemporary art and Roman wall painting (67.42% of respondents to visitor questionnaire). In particular the 3D real-time environment helped visitors to imagine the installations in their original context, while linking historical context and contemporary exhibition. Visitors commented: ' The final room (gallery 4) helped to explain the ideas in the work.'; 'I was especially impressed with the animated 3D scan of Huber's work in situ in Herculaneum and Pompeii. It felt all the more fascinating and illuminating with that being the final room.'; '. Loved being able to ""walk"" around the roman house using the console.'; 'The three dimensional drawing/sculptural game of the initial installation of the pieces in Italy going from seeing the pieces in real life to in a game setting was really interesting and made me want to go around again'. Please see the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition entry for more information on Impact. |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriorsrestaged/exhibition/gallery4/ |
| Title | by Catrin Huber for Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition: 'The Corner Escape' - Gallery 2 in the Hatton Gallery |
| Description | Gallery 2 titled 'The Corner Escape' at the Hatton Gallery exhibits Catrin Huber's installation 'Around and Up", a large-scale painting installation, which was originally exhibited at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii (July 2018 - January 2019). It also displays 'The Corner Escape', a wall paper drawing / collage / painting. The installation created a room within a room responding to the theatricality and choreography of movement within Roman wall painting, while highlighting the architecture of the Hatton Gallery by drawing attention to the corners of the room. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The exhibition 'The Corner Escape' in gallery 2 at the Hatton Gallery as part of the overall Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition helped change visitor understanding of the relationship between contemporary art and Roman wall painting (67.42% of respondents to visitor questionnaire). Visitor commented that 'The curation and layout of the rooms of this exhibition accumulate the knowledge and appreciation perfectly. Something I had never considered ""for me"" before and feels like such an excellent ""penny drop"" moment. Thank You!"'. The 'room inside a room' was noted by visitors as their highlight of the exhibition: 'The corner escape - it was really cool to be able to step inside the artwork'; 'Being able to "Step into" the exhibits, inhabit the space'; '. The powerful colour and bold shapes really appealed and the eyebending effects were amazing it was as if the space was distorted.'; 'Illusional space, flat surfaces can portray hidden angles and openings'. Please see the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition entry for more information on Impact. |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriorsrestaged/exhibition/gallery2/ |
| Title | by Catrin Huber for Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition: 'Light Trap' - a 3D real-time environement (Virtual Reality) |
| Description | This was an interactive 3D real-time environment (VR) conceived by Catrin Huber and realised by developers Dan Johnston and Jakob Stokes from Animmersion. It was projected onto the gallery wall and could be explored and navigated via a game controller. The 3D real-time environment consisted of two different spaces: the reception room of the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum and the underground complex of the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii. The House of the Beautiful Courtyard could be experienced and navigated in three stages: 1. The empty reception room in which the Roman wall paintings were animated into 3D architectural structures, and through light and shadows (simulating light according to times of the day and year); 2. A point-cloud view of the reception room (scanner vision); 3. The reception room with Catrin Huber's installation 'Bella Ciao' as exhibited in 'real' in Herculaneum in 2018 /2019. These three stages at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard were accompanied by an audio piece, written and performed by Dr Fiona Anderson. The underground passageway at the House of the Cryptoporticus featured Catrin Huber's installations 'Along and Through' and 'Around and Up' as exhibited in the Roman house in 'real' in 2018/2019. The Roman wall paintings in the main passageway as well as one of the face cups in Catrin Huber's installation were animated. The whole underground passageway was animated by light that simulated changing light conditions across the year. The House of the Cryptoporticus featured an audio play written by Catrin Huber and performed by actor Mary Jane Wells: a fictional discussion between three historical artists: an anonymous Roman wall painter, El Lissitzky, and Kurt Schwitters. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The 3D real-time environment 'Light Trap' was specifically designed to engage visitors with the research of Expanded Interiors in a new way, while maintaining the installations / research's link to the original Roman sites. 77.53% of the exhibition questionnaire respondents said that this digital format had helped them to imagine the installations in their original Roman locations. The consensus from these respondents was overwhelmingly positive, bringing the archaeology to life, adding understanding to research and exhibition context, demonstrating the potential for its use and adding to the exhibition experience. For some people this exhibition was their first introduction and experience to this technology, which was encouraged and supported by the assistance of a dedicated gallery and VR assistant. Comments from visitors included: "A master piece of Art in itself! Incredibly helpful additional context, particularly understanding the light and height of the space."; "Absolutely love the interactive rooms. It really gives you a sense of being there. The light dancing across the room provide different views."; "Loved being able to "walk" around the roman house using the console."; "It was a highlight for me especially having just experiencing the art first-hand."; "Easy to use. Did add a lot to the exhibition"; "Love it (picture of a heart) Enjoyable. Quite a privileged feeling - makes art accessible to masses."; " The interactive animation really gives a sense of the atmosphere in Pompeii & Herculaneum - and seeing that in combination with the actual sometimes is exciting."; "Really immersive and exciting."; "LOVED THIS"; ""Brilliant, I loved the chance to 'look' around the place that is both real + imagined. Nervous previously about doing this but would try these again!!"; "So interesting! Favourite part! Made it more of an experience after seeing the installations in real life then imagining it in situ."; "Fascinating - gave a much better experience being immersed within it"; "I loved the interactivity of the 3D environment. It really helped to bring the archaeology to life. The movement of light and shadow was really interesting and created a sense of time. The 3D interaction tied in nicely with the rest of the exhibition."; ""Very much enjoyed this. Felt like I was actually there experiencing the art in in its original environment."; "I thought it was amazing and eye opening"; "It was excellent. Really gave the exhibition something extra"; 'Excellent for providing thought and discussion'; "Best thought ever". |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriorsrestaged/exhibition/gallery4/ |
| Description | Expanded Interiors set out to investigate how contemporary painting practice can provide new perspectives on the spatial configurations of ancient Roman homes and their artefacts, and how, in turn, Roman wall paintings can inform and enhance contemporary site-specific fine-art installations. We were also interested in exploring how these investigations might inspire new ways of displaying Roman artefacts (or, rather, their replicas) on archaeological sites, while also allowing for creative exploration of these replicas. We have met all of our objectives, and in so doing, we enabled new research trajectories to be developed that will be pursued in the future. Significant achievements have included: Through close interdisciplinary, archaeological, 3D digital, and artistic research of two distinct Roman houses and their decorations, we gained new insight into the sophisticated means deployed by Roman painters, and how these painters tailored their creative responses to specific architectural settings, while responding to public and private space and social, economic, and cultural contexts. In particular, the artistic practice-led approach allowed for a new re-interpretation of some of the compositional, perspectival and contextual methodologies used by the Roman painters (e.g. use of multi-layered perspectival structures within one framework; use of irregularities to create rhythm within wall paintings). This intersecting of historical and contemporary practices also revealed fresh strategies and methods for contemporary fine-art making. Those which I believe are particularly pertinent to contemporary practice are (1) the use of structural frameworks for multiple visual systems which juxtapose and build bridges between the real and the represented; (2) the use of interlocking, multiple perspectival systems that help create immersive environments, while at the same time - and paradoxically - laying bare the mechanisms to create immersive environments, hence destroying the aforementioned effects. These findings were also explored in my recent chapter on Expanded Interiors for Contemporary Art in Heritage Spaces (Routledge; to be published in May 2020). Three large-scale artistic installations explored and responded closely through Contemporary practice to the specific decorations of the two houses, utilising eighteen 3-D printed replicas of Roman objects in a range of diverse, new ways - and thus bringing them back into the archaeological sites while also exploring their relationship to static wall decorations. These installations successfully tested how the principles of Roman wall painting relate to contemporary practice, as also evidenced and further disseminated through positive international press coverage (see Impact Narrative). The installations were exhibited within two Roman houses: the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum, 17th May 2018 - 15th January 2019; and the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii, 14th July 2018 - 20th January 2019. The logistical and technical challenges of installing these exhibitions on UNESCO world heritage sites should not be underestimated; successfully doing so involved significant accomplishments that allowed us to notably develop and expand relevant methodologies and skills. Expanded Interiors used contemporary Fine Art practice to investigate the layered visual languages of ancient Roman wall paintings and Roman artefacts and their significance for contemporary fine art practice. Our practice-led research of these two distinctive Roman houses created an exchange of knowledge between old and new, past and present, archaeology and contemporary art, unearthing what contemporary painting and site-specific art practice could learn from the sophisticated visual techniques employed by Roman-era wall painters. |
| Exploitation Route | To allow for further development / use of our findings by others, we have published Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum and Pompeii, a publication that provides rich documentation of the project, and features essays by art historian Dr Fiona Anderson (Newcastle University), writer and critic Sean Ashton, and curator Dieter Roelstraete (University of Chicago); a text by artist and PI Catrin Huber; introductions by the directors of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and the Herculaneum Conservation Project. The book has been published and is being disseminated by Kerber. We have also posted the book to relevant stakeholders within the heritage, fine-art and archaeology sector, and have had very positive feedback. The project can be used as a case study for artistic collaboration and intervention on heritage sites that closely involve local communities. Please note that Parco Archeologico di Ercolano (PaErco) invited PI Huber (conference at PaErco in January 2019) to talk about the Expanded Interiors project as an example of good practice for artistic interventions on heritage sites. Expanded Interiors was also seen as a case study for artistic interventions within Roman houses by Pompeii. We have archived the rich datasets of images, 3D scans and 3D models (open-access and under the FAIR principles) in six data collections (three on Pompeii and three on Herculaneum) at data.ncl to allow for further research. We have already had expressions of interest regarding use of this data (e.g. light modelling within 3D Cryptoporticus). Since the publication of these collections in December 2019, we have had numerous downloads of the individual data-sets (please see data-sets section). These data-sets (e.g. rich photographic documentations of Roman houses, 3D models of Roman objects and Roman houses) can inform and be used for further archaeological, art historical, and artistic research. 3D scans can be used to create replicas of objects or accurate 3D models. The rich documentation of the research through data-sets, website, book / chapter publications, and podcasts can inform and influence contemporary fine-art practice (e.g. use of plural images within immersive environments). Relocating the creative outputs to a new geographic and gallery-based exhibition context will greatly expand the reach of the research to public audiences in the UK. It will be exciting to create a multimedia exhibition to address and engage UK gallery visitors, young people, school groups, teachers, artists, archaeologists and heritage professionals with our research findings, thus extending the legacy and impact of the 'Expanded Interiors' research and also encouraging new audiences to develop our research further. Following on from the Expanded Interiors symposium, workshops and previous academic presentations of Expanded Interiors (as outlined in Engagement activities and Other Outputs) and subsequent academic discussions, we anticipate our findings will go on to inform relevant academic, practical and public debates in the future, informing practices within relevant heritage and art organisations. |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Education,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/art/ |
| Description | The Expanded Interiors research project has thus far impacted upon: 1. Local, national, and international audiences. 2. Our partner organisations and their practice. 3. Contemporary visual arts, archaeology and heritage practitioners. 4. Young people and engagement practices in museum and heritage contexts. 5. School children and educational practices in heritage contexts. 6. The use of Virtual Reality technologies (VR) within heritage settings. 1. The Expanded Interiors exhibitions at the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum have reached broad local, national, and international audiences. An estimated 300,530 (i.e. 75%) of people visiting the site have seen the exhibition at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard at Herculaneum. Please note that the biggest increase of visitor numbers at Parco Archeologico di Ercolano (PaErco) in 2018 was in May (plus 15,375), when Expanded Interiors opened with a program of associated events. Pompeii had more than 3.6 million visitors in 2018. We estimate that about 364 658 visitors (10% of all visitors) will have seen the exhibition at The House of the Cryptoporticus. The Expanded Interiors exhibitions have gained enthusiastic national (e.g. Guardian, July18; Apollo, May18; The Art Newspaper, May18; The Protagonist Magazine, Oct18; Current World Archaeology, May18), and international press coverage (e.g. El Pais, July18, Spain; Kunstzeitung, Sept18, Germany; Artribune, Nov18, Italy; Arte.com, 18 July 2018, Italy; Musica, Arte y Cultura, 18 July 2018, Spain). The project was also featured on preeminent Italian national TV (e.g. RAI, July18), and radio (e.g. radio 1/RAI, Jan19). The Expanded Interiors exhibitions have offered a new and exciting experience for local, national and international visitors, while changing attitudes and views on contemporary art and archaeology, and also the ways in which visitors have engaged with the sites. They proved a huge success, with almost 92% of visitors saying that they enjoyed visiting them. High visitor numbers (44%, with peaks to 50% in the 0-24 years age group) thought that the exhibition had changed their perception of Roman wall painting, suggesting that it had made them think about how the ancient and the contemporary can meet in new and meaningful ways. Almost 54% claimed that Expanded Interiors helped them to look at Roman objects in a different way, and to think about materiality and gender in a broader way ('good to see an alternative view of women, appreciated for more than the body'). Almost 42% of visitors (with almost 50% in the 0-24 years age group) felt that the exhibition had changed their attitude to fine-art practice and archaeological research and the relationship between past and present, encouraging them to look at fine art, heritage and archaeology in new ways ('I have always enjoyed fine art, but I've never seen it used within an archaeological context - the art reinvigorates. Until now I thought of both concerns being quite separate from one another'). The exhibitions have also allowed visitors to encounter rare objects (in replica form), though these are usually kept in private store-rooms on site. Our extensive engagement programme with key local and regional stakeholders in Ercolano and the Bay of Naples (e.g. via workshops and tours of the exhibition with teachers, local pupils, heritage guides, regional students) has had a cultural and societal impact, resulting in key local and regional communities fostering a closer engagement with the archaeological site, its initiatives and our Expanded Interiors research. Initial analysis of activity feedback shows the project has drawn-in new audiences; ones who would not typically have visited the archaeological site. Further, the project has facilitated more involvement / participation of these communities with PaErco, whilst also changing opinions and behavior regarding local Roman heritage, and provoking a new relationship between contemporary fine art practice and Roman archaeology. The Expanded Interiors Learning & Teaching resource pack builds upon this, and aims to stimulate a lasting impact on the younger generation of Ercolano, encouraging their sustained and enthusiastic engagement with the research and the site. It has been made available to local, national and international audiences via our English and Italian website. 2. Expanded Interiors functioned as a case study and example of good practice for PaErco, supporting their agenda to create cultural / societal impact for local communities while also changing future practice and working methods re artist interventions on site. PaErco would like artists to engage / collaborate with local communities to foster participation and sense of ownership of the site within those local communities. Further, in response to our workshop and artist talks - which initiated for the first time a space for engagement with local heritage guides - PaErco and the Herculaneum Conservation Project (HCP) jointly set-up a Focus Group allowing guides to further involve themselves with the activities of PaErco. The guides' feedback is being used to improve services for visitors to the park. The Focus Group also gives the guides a new role in the transmission of the cultural values of PaErco. Our workshops have facilitated new cultural links between PaErco and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli and its students. Students were keen to set-up follow-up activities on site that engaged families and children. Parco Archeologico di Pompeii have also highlighted Expanded Interiors role as a case study in shaping future practice regarding art commissions on site. 3. Through our exhibitions, publication, symposium, exhibition reviews in specialised journals, website, films, symposium contributions, workshops and engagement activities, our project has started to impact upon Contemporary visual arts, archaeology and heritage practitioners. Expanded Interiors and its distinctive approach with regard to bringing Contemporary art and archaeological research together has, for example, been peer-selected as a case study for the book Contemporary Art in Heritage Spaces, which is due via Routledge in May 2020, and is aimed at practitioners and academics in the heritage and arts sector. Further, Arts practitioners have been in contact regarding working with archaeological artefacts and 3D printing technologies. Following workshops, talks, seminars with art students from both Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli and Newcastle University, students have reported that the project has changed their ideas about site-specific practice, and the relationship between fine-art and archaeology. We anticipate further impact as we continue to disseminate our research. We have also made our data sets open-access and FAIR. For points 4,5,6, please see Key Findings and Narrative Impact sections of Expanded Interiors' Follow-On project: Expanded Interiors Re-Staged (AH/V008374/1). |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Creative Economy,Education,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Workshop with guides at Parco Archeologico di Ercolano (PaErco) lead to setting-up of Focus Group with local guides by PaErco and the Herculaneum Conservation Project (February 2018). |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | PaErco and the Herculaneum Conservation Project (HCP) have jointly set-up a Focus Group allowing guides to further involve themselves with the activities of PaErco, using their feedback to improve services for the visitors of the park, and giving the guides a new role in the transmission of the cultural values of PaErco. This is still ongoing and will be updated in the future. |
| URL | http://ercolano.beniculturali.it/mercoledi-21-febbraio-il-primo-focus-group-destinato-alle-guide-tur... |
| Description | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - from Herculaneum and Pompeii to the North-East of England |
| Amount | £80,632 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/V008374/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 02/2022 |
| Description | Faculty Impact Fund |
| Amount | £3,999 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 07/2018 |
| Title | 1. EXPANDED INTERIORS - Roman Objects from Pompeii |
| Description | Data-sets from Expanded Interiors are archived and made open-access (some permissions are pending) in six collections, which are interlinked: 1. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678523.v1); 2. EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Cryptoporticus, Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4651946.v1); 3. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Expanded Interiors exhibition at Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678526.v1); 4. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678529.v1); 5. EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Beautiful Courtyard Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678532.v1); 6. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Expanded Interiors exhibition at Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678535.v1). The collection EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Pompeii holds 10 different datasets: Project Overview Metadata (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9959819.v1); 1.Metadata on Technical Method (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883052.v1); 2.Website PDFs (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883064.v1); 3. ReadMe file collection: spreadsheet of content (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9929126.v1); 4. Metadata for collection (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883067.v1); 5. Metadata for each scanned object (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9929060.v1); 6.3D models in OBJ format (.OBJ .MTL .PNG/JPG) (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9885923.v1); 7. PNG images of 3D models (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9861689); 8. 3D models in .OBJ format (zipped) (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9861860.v1); 9. Photographs documenting scanning process (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9759332). Data in this collection is available under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. Please note: Images/filesfrom Pompeii (house/objects) have to be credited to: MINISTERO PER I BENI E LE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI -PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DI POMPEI, the artist Catrin Huber (if the image/file contains the art installations), and the respective photographer: either Amedeo Benestante or Expanded Interiors (please see file names) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data was used to create 3D models of Roman objects. These 3D models were 3D printed into replicas. 18 replicas have been part of the fine-art installations in the two Roman houses. Replicas were also used as part of the Expanded Interiors workshops in Herculaneum. It was the first time that many participants handled replicas, and they were surprised by how powerful these objects remain despite being replicas. Feedback from visitors to the exhibitions highlighted how the contemporary perspective onto these Roman objects have changed their understanding of them: 'I can imagine how they looked like before, among live people, earlier I saw them just as ancient history, without the touch of life'. Please note that this collection was published in December 2019 and its main site had 601 views on the 6th February 2023, with 6975 views of individual data-sets, and 12581 downloads of individual data-sets. |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678523.v1 |
| Title | 2. EXPANDED INTERIORS - House of the Cryptoporticus, Pompeii |
| Description | Data-sets from Expanded Interiors are archived and made open-access (some permissions are pending) in six collections, which are interlinked: 1. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678523.v1); 2. EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Cryptoporticus, Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4651946.v1); 3. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Expanded Interiors exhibition at Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678526.v1); 4. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678529.v1); 5. EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Beautiful Courtyard Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678532.v1); 6. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Expanded Interiors exhibition at Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678535.v1). The collection EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Cryptoporticus Pompeii holds 10 different datasets: Project Overview Metadata (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9959819.v1); 1.Metadata on Technical Method (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883052.v1); 2.Website PDFs (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883064.v1); 3. ReadMe file collection: spreadsheet of content (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883076.v1); 4. Metadata for collection (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883094.v1); 5. Metadata for scans and orthophotos (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9929168.v1); 6. Project Point Cloud in .XYZ format (Zipped)(https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9901937.v1); 7. Orthographic photos of internal building elevations with .TXT information file (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9862544.v1); 8. Photographic documentation of the scanning of the house (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883097.v1); 9. Photographic documentation of the house (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883100). Data in this collection is accessible under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. Please note: Images/filesfrom Pompeii (house/objects) have to be credited to: MINISTERO PER I BENI E LE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI -PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DI POMPEI, the artist Catrin Huber (if the image/file contains the art installations), and the respective photographer: either Amedeo Benestante or Expanded Interiors (please see file names) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data has been used to create accurate models (3D and virtual 3D models), and has been crucial for the development of the Expanded Interiors on-site installations / exhibitions. The exhibitions had strong positive impact on the visitor experience at the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Photographic and scanning material were also important for the Expanded Interiors research and documentation. Please note that the main site of this collection has received 551 views (6.2.2023) since publication in December 2019, with 7707 views of individual data-sets, and 10127 downloads of individual data-sets. |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4651946.v1 |
| Title | 3. EXPANDED INTERIORS - Exhibition at Pompeii |
| Description | Data-sets from Expanded Interiors are archived and made open-access in six collections, which are interlinked: 1. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678523.v1); 2. EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Cryptoporticus, Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4651946.v1); 3. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Expanded Interiors exhibition at Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678526.v1); 4. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678529.v1); 5. EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Beautiful Courtyard Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678532.v1); 6. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Expanded Interiors exhibition at Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678535.v1). The collection EXPANDED INTERIORS: Exhibition at Pompeii holds 10 different datasets: Project Overview Metadata (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9959819.v1); 1.Metadata on Technical Method (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883052.v1); 2.Website PDFs (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883064.v1); 3. ReadMe file collection: spreadsheet of content (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883115.v1); 4. Metadata for collection (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883118.v1); 5. Metadata for scans (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9929186.v1); 6. Text file giving exhibition overview (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883121.v1); 7. Photographic documentation of Catrin Huber's art exhibition (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883124); 8. Project point cloud including Catrin Huber's exhibition in XYZ format. (zipped) (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9863825.v1); 9. Walkthrough of the exhibition in .MP4 format (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9929180); 10. Exhibition at Pompei - Time-lapse.mov (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883127). Data in this collection is accessible under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. Please note: Images/filesfrom Pompeii (house/objects) have to be credited to: MINISTERO PER I BENI E LE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI -PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DI POMPEI, the artist Catrin Huber (if the image/file contains the art installations), and the respective photographer: either Amedeo Benestante or Expanded Interiors (please see file names) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data helped with documentation and dissemination of the research and outcomes of Expanded Interiors. It was extensively used in international press coverage and reviews (e.g. Guardian, El Pais, Kunstzeitung, Apollo), and forms part of the Expanded Interiors publication. Please note that the main site of this collection has received 466 views (6.2.2023) since publication in December 2019, with 7576 views of individual data-sets, and 7522 downloads of individual data-sets. |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678526.v1 |
| Title | 4. EXPANDED INTERIORS - Roman Objects from Herculaneum |
| Description | Data-sets from Expanded Interiors are archived and made open-access (please note that data-sets from Herculaneum will be published shortly) in six collections, which are interlinked: 1. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678523.v1); 2. EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Cryptoporticus, Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4651946.v1); 3. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Expanded Interiors exhibition at Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678526.v1); 4. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678529.v1); 5. EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Beautiful Courtyard Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678532.v1); 6. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Expanded Interiors exhibition at Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678535.v1). The collection EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Herculaneum holds 10 different datasets: Project Overview Metadata (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9959819.v1); 1.Metadata on Technical Method (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883052.v1); 2.Website PDFs (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883064.v1); 3. ReadMe file collection: spreadsheet of content (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883136.v1); 4. Metadata for collection ( https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9929120.v1); 5. Metadata for scanned object and SFM (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9929195.v1); 6.3D models in OBJ format (.OBJ .MTL .PNG/JPG) (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9918689.v1); 7. PNG images of 3D models (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9879854.v1); 8. 3D models in .OBJ format (zipped) (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9879863.v1); 9. SFM photographs (zipped) ( https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9929192.v1). Data in this collection is in the process of being published, as we received necessary permissions. Please note: Images/files from Herculaneum (house/objects) have to be credited to: MINISTERO PER I BENI E LE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI -PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DI ERCOLANO, the artist Catrin Huber (if the image/file contains the art installations), and the respective photographer: either Amedeo Benestante or Expanded Interiors (please see file names). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data was used to create 3D models of Roman objects. These 3D models were 3D printed into replicas. 18 replicas have been part of the fine-art installations in the two Roman houses. Replicas were also used as part of the Expanded Interiors workshops in Herculaneum. It was the first time that many participants handled replicas, and they were surprised by how powerful these objects remain despite being replicas. Feedback from visitors to the exhibitions highlighted how the contemporary perspective onto these Roman objects have changed their understanding of them: 'I can imagine how they looked like before, among live people, earlier I saw them just as ancient history, without the touch of life'. Please note that the main site of this collection has received 517 views (6.2.2023) since publication in December 2019, with 7834 views of individual data-sets, and 13567 downloads of individual data-sets. |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678529.v1 |
| Title | 5. EXPANDED INTERIORS - House of the Beautiful Courtyard, Herculaneum |
| Description | Data-sets from Expanded Interiors are archived and made open-access (please note that data-sets from Herculaneum will be published shortly) in six collections, which are interlinked: 1. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678523.v1); 2. EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Cryptoporticus, Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4651946.v1); 3. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Expanded Interiors exhibition at Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678526.v1); 4. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678529.v1); 5. EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Beautiful Courtyard Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678532.v1); 6. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Expanded Interiors exhibition at Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678535.v1). The collection EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Beautiful Courtyard, Herculaneum holds 10 different datasets: Project Overview Metadata (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9959819.v1); 1.Metadata on Technical Method (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883052.v1); 2.Website PDFs (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883064.v1); 3. ReadMe file collection: spreadsheet of content (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883163.v1); 4. Metadata for collection (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883166.v1); 5. Metadata for scans and orthophotos (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9929219.v1); 6. Project Point Cloud in .XYZ format (Zipped)(https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9902357.v1); 7. Orthographic Images from laser scanning with .TXT information file (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9879893.v1); 8. Photographic documentation of the house (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883169.v1); 9. Photographic documentation of the scanning of the house (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9899471.v1). Data in this collection is in the process of being published, as we have received necessary permissions. Please note: Images/files from Herculaneum (house/objects) have to be credited to: MINISTERO PER I BENI E LE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI -PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DI ERCOLANO, the artist Catrin Huber (if the image/file contains the art installations), and the respective photographer: either Amedeo Benestante or Expanded Interiors (please see file names). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data has been used to create accurate models (3D and virtual 3D models), and has been crucial for the development of the Expanded Interiors on-site installations / exhibitions. The exhibitions had strong positive impact on the visitor experience at the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Photographic and scanning material were also important for the Expanded Interiors research and documentation. Please note that the main site of this collection has received 497 views (6.2.2023) since publication in December 2019, with 6270 views of individual data-sets, and 8575 downloads of individual data-sets. |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678532.v1 |
| Title | 6. EXPANDED INTERIORS - Exhibition at Herculaneum |
| Description | Data-sets from Expanded Interiors are archived and made open-access (please note that data-sets from Herculaneum will be published shortly) in six collections, which are interlinked: 1. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678523.v1); 2. EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Cryptoporticus, Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4651946.v1); 3. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Expanded Interiors exhibition at Pompeii (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678526.v1); 4. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Roman Objects from Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678529.v1); 5. EXPANDED INTERIORS: House of the Beautiful Courtyard Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678532.v1); 6. EXPANDED INTERIORS: Expanded Interiors exhibition at Herculaneum (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678535.v1). The collection EXPANDED INTERIORS: Exhibition at Herculaneum holds 10 different datasets: Project Overview Metadata (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9959819.v1); 1.Metadata on Technical Method (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883052.v1); 2.Website PDFs (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883064.v1); 3. ReadMe file collection: spreadsheet of content (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883202.v1); 4. Metadata for collection (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883205.v1); 5. Metadata for scans (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9929237.v1); 6. Text file giving exhibition overview (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883211.v1); 7. Photographic documentation of Catrin Huber's art exhibition (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883214.v1); 8.Scan of the House of the Beautiful Courtyard including the catrin Huber's exhibition in XYZ format (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9879848.v1); 9. Catrin Huber's exhibition walk through in MP4 format (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9904667.v1); 10. Exhibition at Herculaneum - Time-lapse.mov (https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.9883217.v1). Please note: Images/files from Herculaneum (house/objects) have to be credited to: MINISTERO PER I BENI E LE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI -PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DI ERCOLANO, the artist Catrin Huber (if the image/file contains the art installations), and the respective photographer: either Amedeo Benestante or Expanded Interiors (please see file names). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data helped with documentation and dissemination of the research and outcomes of Expanded Interiors. It was extensively used in international press coverage and reviews (e.g. Guardian (UK), El Pais (Spain), Kunstzeitung (Germany), Apollo (UK), and forms part of the Expanded Interiors publication. Please note that the main site of this collection has received 394 views (6.2.2023) since publication in December 2019, with 7725 views of individual data-sets, and 6418 downloads of individual data-sets. |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.c.4678535.v1 |
| Title | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - Educational resource pack - Roman Face Pots |
| Description | Please read in conjunction with the Project Overview Metadata This dataset contains an adaptable Powerpoint presentation for schools: Roman Face Pots, together with its respective worksheet (PDF). These built on the research done for Expanded Interiors. The Powerpoint presentation is also available as a PDF. These educational resources are created for Key Stage 2 pupils (aged from 7 - 11; years 3,4,5 and 6). Replicas of Roman face cups from Pompeii are part of Huber's installation Along and Through, which was originally exhibited within the House of the Cryptoporticus at Pompeii. This teaching material playfully explores what Roman face pots are and their history, while linking Italian and British Roman sites. It encourages pupils to explore the Roman heritage they share with Pompeii and Herculaneum and the rich connections between Roman and contemporary visual culture, while creatively engaging them with Roman history. Texts by Catrin Huber (text on slide 21), Eniko Hudak, Dr Harriet Sutcliffe. Design by Dr Harriet Sutcliffe. Concept by Catrin Huber, Eniko Hudak, Dr Thea Ravasi, Dr Harriet Sutcliife. Please note that you can adapt the Powerpoint presentation to your own needs, however all the images are protected under the following licence: CC BY-NC-ND-4.0. Please also note that this Powerpoint presentation 'Roman Face Pots' contains a link to a video by master potter Graham Taylor from Potted-History, who has created for Expanded Interiors Re-Staged a hands-on introduction and demonstration to how the Romans made their face pots, together with instructions and a demonstration for children (and adults) to do their own face pots. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The dataset has been published in February 2022 and has had 252 views and 239 downloads by 6th February 2023. The educational resource packs are created for Key Stage 2 pupils (aged from 7 - 11; years 3,4,5 and 6). We have had very positive feedback on the educational resource packs at the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged workshop / sharing day that brought together artists, heritage and education professionals. |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriorsrestaged/resources/ |
| Title | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - Educational resource pack - Roman Interiors |
| Description | Please read in conjunction with the Project Overview Metadata This dataset contains an adaptable Powerpoint presentation for schools: Roman Interiors, together with its respective worksheet (PDF). These built on the research done for Expanded Interiors. The Powerpoint presentation is also available as a PDF. These educational resources are created for Key Stage 2 pupils (aged from 7 - 11; years 3,4,5 and 6). As part of Expanded Interiors Catrin Huber developed three large-scale installations that responded to and were in dialogue with the interior decorations, wall paintings, and architecture of two Roman houses: the House of the Cryptoporticus at Pompeii and the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum. This teaching material aims to creatively engage pupils with Roman interior decoration both in Italy and the UK, while linking it to their present day life. Pupils will also discover how a contemporary artist responded to an archaeological site, and will be encouraged to do their own artworks in response.Texts by Catrin Huber, Dr Harriet Sutcliffe. Design by Dr Harriet Sutcliffe. Concept by Catrin Huber, Dr Thea Ravasi, Dr Harriet Sutcliife. Please note that you can adapt the Powerpoint presentation to your own needs, however all the images are protected under the following licence: CC BY-NC-ND-4.0. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The dataset has been published in February 2022 and has had 224 views and 217 downloads by 6th February 2023. The educational resource packs are created for Key Stage 2 pupils (aged from 7 - 11; years 3,4,5 and 6). We have had very positive feedback on the educational resource packs at the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged workshop / sharing day that brought together artists, heritage and education professionals. |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriorsrestaged/resources/ |
| Title | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - Exhibition Guide |
| Description | Please read in conjunction with the Project Overview Metadata. The interpretation leaflet was designed by Jaakko Tuomivaara from Supergroup Studios. Texts are by Catrin Huber and Rosie Morris. Photography by Amedeo Benestante (Gallery 1, Gallery 4), Catrin Huber (Gallery 2), Rosie Morris (Gallery 3), and need to be credited accordingly. The interpretation leaflet provided an introduction to the project, research and exhibition and guided the viewer through the exhibition. Texts by the respective artists (Catrin Huber / Rosie Morris) provided contexts for the different exhibition galleries while linking the research / installations to Hadrian's Wall and relevant local museums (e.g. Segedunum, Hancock Museum). The guide was / is available in physical / digital form in the Hatton Gallery and on its website, and on the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged's website. The Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition forms one of the key outputs of the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged project. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The dataset has been published in February 2022 and has had 159 views and 150 downloads by 6th February 2023. For impact for the 'Exhibition Guide', please see entry in the 'Engagement Activities' section. Further impact from this dataset will need to be reported next year. |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/figure/Expanded_Interiors_Re-Staged_-_Exhibition_Guide/19086563/1 |
| Title | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - Photographic documentation of the exhibition - all gallery spaces |
| Description | Please read in conjunction with the Project Overview Metadata. This dataset contains images of all four galleries of the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition, and also wall and interpretation leaflet texts. Please note that there are additional datasets for each gallery space with further photographic documentation. Gallery 1 titled 'Along and Through' at the Hatton Gallery exhibits Catrin Huber's installation 'Along and Through', a large-scale painting installation, which was originally exhibited at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii (July 2018 - January 2019). Gallery 2 titled 'The Corner Escape' at the Hatton Gallery exhibits Catrin Huber's installation 'Around and Up', a large-scale painting installation, which was originally exhibited at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii (July 2018 - January 2019). It also displayed 'The Corner Escape', a wall paper drawing / painting. Gallery 3 titled 'In / out / of this world' at the Hatton Gallery exhibits Rosie Morris's Expanded Interiors Re-Staged commission, which comprises of 'Sunlit walls', large-scale digital prints of drawings; 'Curtains', an oil painting; 'This chamber of mine', a diorama; 'From where I sit', a photograph; and 'Threshold' a video projection and vinyl floor. Gallery 4 titled 'Light Trap' at the Hatton Gallery exhibits Catrin Huber's installation 'Bella Ciao' a large-scale installation comprising scaffolding-like construction, prints on persplex, 3D printed replicas of Roman statues. 'Bella Ciao' was originally exhibited at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum (May 2018 - January 2019). 'Light Trap' also displayed 'Black Hole', 'Asteroids', and 'White Dwarf', textile wall hangings of various sizes; and 'Light Trap', a 3D real-time environment (documentation and artwork) showing Huber's installations within the interiors of the House of the Cryptoporticus and the House of the Beautiful Coutyard in Pompeii and Herculaneum. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The dataset has been published in February 2022 and has had 198 views and 1095 downloads by 6th February 2023. For impact for the exhibition, please see the 'Artistic & Creative Products' section. Further impact from this dataset will need to be reported next year. |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/figure/Expanded_Interiors_Re-Staged_-_Photographic_documentation_of_... |
| Title | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - Photographic documentation of the exhibition - gallery 1 - Catrin Huber |
| Description | Please read in conjunction with the Project Overview Metadata. Gallery 1 titled 'Along and Through' at the Hatton Gallery exhibits Catrin Huber's installation 'Along and Through', a large-scale painting installation, which was originally exhibited at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii (July 2018 - January 2019). This dataset contains images for 'Along and Through', together with the wall and interpretation leaflet texts (PDF documents) for Gallery 1. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The dataset has been published in February 2022 and has had 210 views and 1066 downloads by 6th February 2023. For impact for the exhibition, please see the 'Artistic & Creative Products' section. Further impact from this dataset will need to be reported next year. |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/figure/Expanded_Interiors_Re-Staged_-_Photographic_documentation_of_... |
| Title | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - Photographic documentation of the exhibition - gallery 2 - Catrin Huber |
| Description | Please read in conjunction with the Project Overview Metadata. Gallery 2 titled 'The Corner Escape' at the Hatton Gallery exhibits Catrin Huber's installation 'Around and Up', a large-scale painting installation, which was originally exhibited at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii (July 2018 - January 2019). It also displays 'The Corner Escape', a wall paper drawing / collage / painting. This dataset contains images of 'The Corner Escape' and all the artworks, together with the wall and interpretation leaflet texts (PDF documents) for Gallery 2. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The dataset has been published in February 2022 and has had 198 views and 1095 downloads by 6th February 2023. For impact for the exhibition, please see the 'Artistic & Creative Products' section. Further impact from this dataset will need to be reported next year. |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/figure/Expanded_Interiors_Re-Staged_-_Photographic_documentation_of_... |
| Title | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - Photographic documentation of the exhibition - gallery 4 - Catrin Huber |
| Description | Please read in conjunction with the Project Overview Metadata. Gallery 4 titled 'Light Trap' at the Hatton Gallery exhibits Catrin Huber's installation 'Bella Ciao' a large-scale installation comprising scaffolding-like construction, prints on perspex, and 3D printed replicas of Roman statues. 'Bella Ciao' was originally exhibited at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum (May 2018 - January 2019). 'Light Trap' also displays 'Black Hole', 'Asteroids', and 'White Dwarf', textile wall hangings of various sizes; and 'Light Trap', a 3D real-time environment (documentation and artwork) showing Huber's installations within the interiors of the House of the Cryptoporticus and the House of the Beautiful Coutyard in Pompeii and Herculaneum. This dataset contains images of 'Light Trap' and all the artworks, together with the wall and interpretation leaflet texts (PDF documents) for Gallery 4. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The dataset has been published in February 2022 and has had 220 views and 752 downloads by 6th February 2023. For impact for the exhibition, please see the 'Artistic & Creative Products' section. Further impact from this dataset will need to be reported next year. |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/figure/Expanded_Interiors_Re-Staged_-_Photographic_documentation_of_... |
| Title | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - Project Overview Metadata |
| Description | This dataset provides an information sheet for Expanded Interiors Re-Staged and all its datasets. This information sheet is also part of all other Expanded Interiors Re-Staged datasets. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The dataset has been published in February 2022 and has had 267 views and 73 downloads by 6th February 2023. It provides information about the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged project. |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/figure/Expanded_Interiors_Re-Staged_-_Project_Overview_Metadata/1908... |
| Title | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - School workshop feedback |
| Description | Please read in conjunction with the Project Overview Metadata.This dataset comprises feedback from the three school workshops, which were undertaken as part of the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged project. These resources consist of a sample questionnaire, one for teachers and one for pupils, and a compilation of the feedback collated by question.The three school workshops took place in July 2021 at two primary schools in the North-East of England whose locations are in the vicinity of Hadrian's Wall. The project ran one workshop with pupils in Years 3 and 4 (ages 7-9) and two workshops with pupils in Year 6 (ages 10 - 11). The aim of the workshops was to connect, within an educational context, the research from Expanded Interiors Re-Staged and Expanded Interiors (the previous project), with the local heritage of the North-East of England, while exploring the connections between Roman and contemporary visual culture. This happened through a presentation by the artist, and hands-on creative activities with the children. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The dataset has been published at the beginning of February 2022 and has had 237 views and 296 downloads by beginning of February 2023. The school workshop feedback has impacted on the development of our educational resource pack (please see respective dataset) and will impact on future design of school workshops. |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Expanded_Interiors_Re-Staged_-_School_workshop_feedback/1907... |
| Title | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - Video documentation of the exhibition - galleries 1-4 |
| Description | https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.19085987 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Videos of the exhibition Expanded Interiors Re-Staged at The Hatton Gallery have to be credited to the exhibited artist either Catrin Huber (videos 1,2,4) or Rosie Morris (video 3) and the filmmaker: Arto Polus (Please also see file name for information) Video 1 of Gallery 1: Catrin Huber, Along and Through at the Hatton Gallery shows Huber's installation 'Along and Through', a large-scale painting installation, which was originally exhibited at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii (July 2018 - January 2019) but is here displayed in the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle. This dataset contains a video (mp4) file shot by Arto Polus for Along and Through. Video 2 of Gallery 2: Catrin Huber, The Corner Escape at the Hatton Gallery exhibits Huber's installation 'Around and Up", a large-scale painting installation, which was originally exhibited at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii (July 2018 - January 2019). It also displayed 'The Corner Escape', a wall paper drawing / collage / painting. This dataset contains a video (mp4) file shot by Arto Polus for The Corner Escape. Video 3 of Gallery 3: Rosie Morris, In / out / of this world at the Hatton Gallery exhibits Morris's Expanded Interiors Re-Staged commission and installation In / out / of this world, which comprises of 'Sunlit walls', large-scale digital prints of drawings; 'Curtains', an oil painting; 'This chamber of mine', a diorama; 'From where I sit', a photograph; and 'Threshold' a video projection and vinyl floor. This dataset contains a video (mp4) file shot by Arto Polus for In / out / of this world. Video 4 of Gallery 4: Catrin Huber, Light Trap at the Hatton Gallery exhibits Catrin Huber's installation 'Bella Ciao' a large-scale installation comprising (scaffolding-like construction, prints on persplex, 3D printed replicas of Roman statues). 'Bella Ciao' was originally exhibited at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum (May 2018 - January 2019). Light Trap also displayed Black Hole, Asteroids, and White Dwarf, textile wall hangings of various sizes; and Light Trap, a 3D real-time environment (documentation and artwork) showing Huber's installations within the interiors of the House of the Cryptoporticus and the House of the Beautiful Coutyard in Pompeii and Herculaneum. This dataset contains a video (mp4) file shot by Arto Polus for Light Trap. The Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition forms one of the key outputs of the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged project. The exhibition, Expanded Interiors Re-Staged, relocated to Newcastle's Hatton Gallery contemporary installations created by visual artist Catrin Huber as part of an earlier project, Expanded Interiors, which had been sited and displayed at the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii. The installations sited at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum and the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii, had responded to and were in dialogue with the specific nature of the buildings and wall paintings from these two Roman houses. They were shown in situ from May 2018 - January 2019. In the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle these installations were exhibited alongside new work developed by Catrin Huber to set them in a fresh dialogue in a new context, with the distinctive architecture of the Hatton Gallery. Artist Rosie Morris, who was part of the original Expanded Interiors research team was commissioned to develop her own contemporary installation in response to the research done within the Roman houses, and the new venue. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The dataset was published on 02.12.22 and has had 64 views and 28 downloads by 06.02.23. |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.19085987 |
| Title | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - Young People's Guide for the exhibition |
| Description | Please read in conjunction with the Project Overview Metadata. Text, images, design of the Young People's Guide have to be credited to it's creators, L-INK group members: Ella Nixon, Remy Harkensee, Angelica Jones, Caitlin Milne, Caroline Reeves, Naomi Harrison.This dataset contains a PDF of the Young People's Guide, a sample of the consent form, and the Project Overview Metadata. A series of meetings and workshops prior to the opening of the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition allowed six members of the Hatton and Laing Art Gallery's young adults group (L-INK) to research ideas and the exhibition process, in order to develop new interpretation material aimed at their peers: a Young People's Guide to the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition. The group was included from the beginning in the development process of the exhibition, gaining insights through Zoom meetings with the artists and north-east based VR company, Animmersion Ltd; The Young People Guide offered an opportunity for the group to give voice to their perspectives as young adults, and to find fresh ways to engaging their peers with the research and exhibition. The guide was available in physical form in the Hatton Gallery during the exhibition, and is still available in digital form via Hatton Gallery and Expanded Interiors Re-Staged's websites. The Expanded Interiors Re-Staged exhibition formed one of the key outputs of the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged project. The Young People's Guide accompanied the exhibition. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The dataset has been published in February 2022 and has had 203 views and 269 downloads by 6th February 2023. For impact for the 'Young People's Guide', please see entry in the 'Engagement Activities' section. Further impact from this dataset will need to be reported next year. |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/figure/Expanded_Interiors_Re-Staged_-_Young_People_s_Guide_for_the_e... |
| Description | Partnership with Art Editions North |
| Organisation | Greater Manchester Arts Centre Limited trading as Cornerhouse Publications Ltd |
| Department | Art Editions North |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We have been doing practice-based research, developing artworks and site-specific installations for Pompeii and Herculaneum. Documentation of the research project has been published in the 'Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum and Pompeii' publication. Art Editions North (AEN) have supported and adviced on the publication, which has been published with Kerber. |
| Collaborator Contribution | AEN has helped with the development of the 'Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum and Pompeii' book. |
| Impact | 'Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum and Pompeii' book in English, Italian and German: with rich visual documentation; with essays by art historian Dr Fiona Anderson (Newcastle University), writer Sean Ashton, and curator Dieter Roelstraete (University of Chicago); a text by artist Catrin Huber; and introductions by the directors of the archaeological sites, and the Herculaneum Conservation Project. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | A talk given by Dr Thea Ravasi to Newcastle Society of Antiquaries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Around 65 people attended the talk on some of the research outcomes of the project, which sparked many questions and a discussion afterwards on the topic |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.newcastle-antiquaries.org.uk/index.php?pageId=279 |
| Description | Artist presentation by Catrin Huber about Expanded Interiors for 'Interconnections Symposium: Humanities, Creative Arts Practice and the Cultural Sector', Newcastle University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The talk was part of the Interconnections symposium, and discussed Expanded Interiors with reference to Expanded Interiors Re-Staged. The symposium was 'an exploration of the cultural sector and its connection and benefits to higher education'. Participants included representatives of leading national cultural organisations and researchers from a range of disciplines. The talks resulted in lively discussions to explore and encourage opportunities and potentials of collaborations across the sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/nuhri/news/news-items/interconnections/ |
| Description | Artist talk about the Expanded Interiors project at Parco Archeologico di Pompei |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was an artist talk about the Expanded Interiors project at Parco Archeologico di Pompeii (November 2018), which led to engaged discussions about the project and research in relation to Roman and Contemporary wall painting. Comments included: '(I realised that)...they (fine-art practice and archaeological research) have a lot to learn from each other'; '(I wasn't aware of)...the subtleties of the spatial play (of Roman wall painting) using very simple means'; '(I enjoyed most)...the explanation about how contemporary work has been influenced by the Roman Wall Paintings and learning also about the archaeological research + understanding of the site'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/newsevents/artistandarchaeologisttourandtalkinpompeii.h... |
| Description | Artist talk by Catrin Huber about Expanded Interiors for Glasgow School of Arts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | About 20 members of the staff team in Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art attended the presentation and discussion about Expanded Interiors. They were particularly interested in the process of the project, including fundraising and organisation. It resulted in an engaged Q&A session and participants commented on how useful the conversation had been. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.gsa.ac.uk/about-gsa/ |
| Description | Book Launch for Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum and Pompeii |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | About 50 people from stakeholder organisations, museums, and universities attended this event at Newcastle University (December 2019), which launched the Expanded Interiors publication. After a welcome by Prof. Ian Haynes, and a talk by Prof. Catrin Huber, art historian Dr Fiona Anderson introduced her essay 'We are Rarely Independent Structures', her essay for the catalogue. The event raised great interest in the publication and project, triggered discussions and exchange. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/newsevents/ |
| Description | Expanded Interiors - A talk by Prof Catrin Huber to Explore (Lifelong Learning) in Newcastle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 35 people attended this talk at the Explore - Lifelong Learning centre in Newcastle (Commercial Unions House, Newcastle on the 20th May 2019). The talk was very well received and sparked a lot of questions and a long conversations afterwards. Audience members and the organiser reported how interesting and new the approach was (fictional conversations) and that it showed new ways of approaching the subject and the ancient ruins. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/24c5e989/files/uploaded/Explore%20Season%203%20programme%202018-... |
| Description | Expanded Interiors Learning and Teaching Resource Pack |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Expanded Interiors developed an English and Italian Learning / Teaching Resource Pack for the research done at Herculaneum and Pompeii, with learning activities, thorough information on the research and the archaeological sites, and rich visual documentation / information. It aims to support understanding and appreciation of the specific Roman heritage of the Bay of Naples through creative arts practice, and vice versa. This has been developed in dialogue with local teachers in Ercolano and activities have been tested with seven of their school classes in two primary and middle schools in the region. The Learning / Teaching Resource Pack and relevant information can be downloaded from our English and Italian websites. Parco Archeologico di Ercolano, Parco Archeologico di Pompei and the Herculaneum Conservation Project are promoting the resource pack with local and regional communities in the Bay of Naples. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/resources/learningandteachingresources/ |
| Description | Expanded Interiors Pompeii Installation Timelapse |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This podcast documents the installation process of the Expanded Interiors exhibition at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii with the help of our technical team. The podcast was viewed 86 times (February 2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/blogpodcasts/videopodcastpompeiiinstallationtimelapse.h... |
| Description | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - Educational resource pack - Roman Face Pots |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This educational resource pack contains an adaptable Powerpoint presentation for schools: Roman Face Pots, together with its respective worksheet (PDF). These built on the research done for Expanded Interiors. Designed by Dr Harriet Sutcliffe, it contains texts by Catrin Huber (text on slide 21), Eniko Hudak, and Dr Harriet Sutcliffe. Concept by Catrin Huber, Eniko Hudak, Dr Thea Ravasi, Dr Harriet Sutcliife. These educational resources are created for Key Stage 2 pupils (aged from 7 - 11; years 3,4,5 and 6). Replicas of Roman face cups from Pompeii are part of Huber's installation Along and Through, which was originally exhibited within the House of the Cryptoporticus at Pompeii. This teaching material playfully explores what Roman face pots are and their history, while linking Italian and British Roman sites. It encourages pupils to explore the Roman heritage they share with Pompeii and Herculaneum and the rich connections between Roman and contemporary visual culture, while creatively engaging them with Roman history. Please note that the resource pack has been launched in February 2022 and has been published on data.ncl under the following licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. 2 (with 27 views and 7 downloads on the 24.02.22). We have had very positive feedback on the educational resource packs at the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged workshop / sharing day that brought together artists, heritage and education professionals. Further impact will need to be reported next year. Please also note that this Powerpoint presentation 'Roman Face Pots' contains a link to a video by master potter Graham Taylor from Potted-History, who has created for Expanded Interiors Re-Staged a hands-on introduction and demonstration to how the Romans made their face pots, together with instructions and a demonstration for children (and adults) to do their own face pots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriorsrestaged/resources/ |
| Description | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged - Educational resource pack - Roman Interiors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This educational resource pack contains an adaptable Powerpoint presentation for schools: Roman Interiors, together with its respective worksheet (PDF). These built on the research done for Expanded Interiors. Designed by Dr Harriet Sutcliffe, it contains texts by Catrin Huber and Dr Harriet Sutcliffe. Concept by Catrin Huber, Dr Thea Ravasi, Dr Harriet Sutcliife.These educational resources are created for Key Stage 2 pupils (aged from 7 - 11; years 3,4,5 and 6). As part of Expanded Interiors Catrin Huber developed three large-scale installations that responded to and were in dialogue with the interior decorations, wall paintings, and architecture of two Roman houses: the House of the Cryptoporticus at Pompeii and the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum. This teaching material aims to creatively engage pupils with Roman interior decoration both in Italy and the UK, while linking it to their present day life. Pupils will also discover how a contemporary artist responded to an archaeological site, and will be encouraged to do their own artworks in response. Please note that the resource pack has been launched in February 2022 and has been published on data.ncl under the following licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. 2 (with 34 views and 13 downloads on the 11.03.22). We have had very positive feedback on the educational resource packs at the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged workshop / sharing day that brought together artists, heritage and education professionals. Further impact will need to be reported next year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriorsrestaged/resources/ |
| Description | Expanded Interiors Re-Staged workshop / sharing day for artists, heritage and education professionals. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Expanded Interiors Re-Staged workshop and sharing day introduced participants to the project's events and activities, and was an opportunity to launch our educational resource pack for KS2 children that links Expanded Interiors' research done in Italy with the Roman history in the UK. Artists, education and heritage professionals shared past, current, and future projects that have or will creatively engage with Roman history in the North-East. PI and artist Catrin Huber talked about Expanded Interiors and Expanded Interiors Re-Staged, commissioned artist Rosie Morris discussed her installation for the project, Dr Harriet Sutcliffe introduced Expanded Interiors Re-Staged's educational resource packs, and members of Laing and Hatton Gallery's L-Ink group discussed their Young People's Guide and shared their journey and experiences. Matthew Butcher (Associate Professor in Architecture, Bartlett School of Architecture) talked about his The Mansio project on Hadrian's Wall, Penelope Sexton (Creative Programme Manager for English Heritage) discussed Creative Commissioning at Housesteads, artist Dr Henna Asikainen (D6 Culture in Transit resident) shared her projects relating to Hadrian's Wall. Andrew Parkin, the Keeper of the Roman collection at GNM: Hancock, introduced their recent work with VR, and Dr Dan Johnston (developer, Animmersion) presented and discussed 'Light Trap', the Expanded Interiors Re-Staged 3D real-time environment (VR). Using the Expanded Interiors Re- Staged exhibition and visual and digital documentation of the original research project as its starting point, this workshop aimed to generate interdisciplinary knowledge exchange around the potential for contemporary Fine Art practice and VR technologies to facilitate fresh public engagement with Roman archaeological heritage. The sharing day resulted in intense and fruitful discussions, especially around questions of 1. how contemporary art encourages different or alternative engagement with particular sites and histories; 2. How organizations ensure long-term legacy / impact at a site, after a contemporary art project has finished at an organisation or heritage site and whether this is desirable; 3. What artists can bring to working with hard to reach audiences. Comments and feedback at the end of the day included: 'Just a comment on this very stimulating event - that this project brings to the fore and exemplifies the continuum of our desire and our ability to imagine and represent other realities - the Romans, it seems to me, in their wall paintings were creating virtual realities to take them beyond the confines and limitations of their own actual physical spaces.'; 'Thanks you all for today, it's been most fascinating and insightful...';'Thank you everyone for a fascinating and stimulating Saturday'; 'Thank you all for today, it's been most fascinating and insightful - it was a pleasure to be part of it...';'Great opportunity to listen and develop my own thinking'; 'That was all totally fascinating. What a wonderful project integrating many disciplines'; ' Really engaging and stimulating presentations and conversations...'; ' It's been brilliant!'; 'Thank you so much for this fascinating day!';'Very interesting to get an insight into all the phases of this large, ambitious and multi sited project. Very interested in hearing how Catrin worked with the various partners and collaborators'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriorsrestaged/newsevents/expandedinteriorsre-stagedsharingwor... |
| Description | Expanded Interiors Symposium - Contemporary Fine Art and Archaeology. From Herculaneum and Pompeii to Hadrian's Wall |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | About 55 people joined the Symposium, which consisted of talks by Francesco Sirano (Director of Parco Archeologico di Ercolano), and artist and Prof.Catrin Huber (PI Expanded Interiors), and a panel discussion with experts in the field: Lindsay Allason-Jones (Trustee, Hadrian's Art Trust); Mike Collins (Inspector of Ancient Monuments, Hadrian's Wall, Historic England); Judith King (Creative Director, Arts and Heritage; Senior RA Mapping Contemporary Art in the Heritage Context); Iain Watson (Director, Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums). It was chaired by Prof. Ian Haynes (Expanded Interiors CI and Professor in Roman Archaeology). The Symposium resulted in a lively and productive discussion including rich audience participation. Participants and audience members commented on the productive nature of the discussions and talks, and how it shared new insights particularly on artist interventions on archaeological sites. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/newsevents/expandedinteriorssymposium.html |
| Description | Expanded Interiors Symposium - Contemporary Fine Art and Archaeology. From Herculaneum and Pompeii to Hadrian's Wall - podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This podcast documents the whole Expanded Interiors Symposium. It consisted of talks by Francesco Sirano (Director of Parco Archeologico di Ercolano), and artist and Prof.Catrin Huber (PI Expanded Interiors), and a panel discussion with experts in the field: Lindsay Allason-Jones (Trustee, Hadrian's Art Trust); Mike Collins (Inspector of Ancient Monuments, Hadrian's Wall, Historic England); Judith King (Creative Director, Arts and Heritage; Senior RA Mapping Contemporary Art in the Heritage Context); Iain Watson (Director, Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums). It was chaired by Prof. Ian Haynes (Expanded Interiors CI and Professor in Roman Archaeology). The Symposium resulted in a lively and productive discussion including rich audience participation. Participants and audience members commented on the productive nature of the discussions and talks, and how it shared new insights particularly on artist interventions on archaeological sites. The podcast was viewed 90 times (February 2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/newsevents/expandedinteriorssymposium.html |
| Description | Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum - podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In this podcast artist Catrin Huber visits the Expanded Interiors installation at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum and discusses the installation and how it evolved, providing information about the research, context, and objects on display. The podcast (like all other Expanded Interiors podcasts are accessible via our bi-lingual website). The podcast has been viewed 111 times (by February 2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/blogpodcasts/videopodcastexpandedinteriorsatherculaneum... |
| Description | Expanded Interiors at Pompeii - podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Artist Catrin Huber visits the Expanded Interiors exhibition at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii providing insights into the development, context and research of the project and installations (107 views, February 2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/blogpodcasts/videopodcastexpandedinteriorsatpompeii.htm... |
| Description | Expanded Interiors workshop with year 2 students at primary school in Whitley Bay, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dr Thea Ravasi and Catrin Huber offered two Expanded Interiors workshops at Rockcliffe First School to test activities from the Expanded Interiors Learning and Teaching resources with school children from Whitley Bay (July 2019). Ravasi and Huber offered an overview of the Expanded Interiors project and insights into the Roman sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii. The two student groups worked with clay, shells and pasta shapes to create their own objects, considering how objects were used in Roman culture for worship, decoration and functionality, and how this relates to objects today. The students were incredibly enthusiastic and the feedback from the children and teachers was overwhelmingly positive, stressing the exciting links and new perspective gained by linking the local heritage site Hadrian's wall to the broader context of the Roman Empire. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Expanded Interiors workshops with 7 school classes at two schools (primary and middle) in Ercolano |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dr Thea Ravasi, Catrin Huber, and Francesca del Duca (Herculaneum Conservation Project) offered seven Expanded Interiors workshops at two primary and middle schools in Ercolano, to test activities from the Expanded Interiors Learning and Teaching resources with school children from Ercolano (October 2018). Some student groups worked with clay, shells and pasta shapes to create their own objects, considering how objects were used in Roman culture for worship, decoration and functionality, and how this relates to objects today. Other student groups worked with shoe boxes, fabric, and magazines to explore Roman and Contemporary wall decoration, and their possible roles and functions. The students were incredibly enthusiastic and the feedback from the children and teachers was overwhelmingly positive. Teachers stressed the importance of enthusing the children about 'their' archaeological site, and of giving them ownership of it. Please note that the written feedback from all the children is currently being translated into English. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/newsevents/schoolworkshopsoctober2018.html |
| Description | Expanded Interiors. Artist Catrin Huber explains the ideas behind bringing site-specific fine-art practice to Roman houses in Pompeii and Herculaneum. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We created a podcast in which Catrin Huber explains the ideas behind Expanded Interiors. It also contains a lot of documentation / images of the sites, the archaeological, digital and creative process, and original and digitally reproduced Roman objects. The film has been viewed 543 times (February 2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/blogpodcasts/videopodcastexpandedinteriors.html |
| Description | Expanded Interiors: Archaeological perspectives on Expanded Interiors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In this podcast Professor Ian Haynes (Roman archaeologist) offers an archaeological perspective on working on Expanded Interiors alongside artist Catrin Huber. The podcast has been viewed 87 times (February 2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/blogpodcasts/videopodcastarchaeologicalperspectiveonexp... |
| Description | Expanded Interiors: Digital scanning & modelling in 3D. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In this podcast Alex Turner discusses scanning Roman objects and the House of the Beautiful Courtyard, Herculaneum, and House of the Cryptoporticus, Pompeii, for the research of Expanded Interiors and to help Catrin Huber produce her installations. The podcast has been viewed 98 times (February 2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/blogpodcasts/videopodcastdigitalscanningmodellingin3d.h... |
| Description | Expanded Interiors: Herculaneum Installation Timelapse |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This podcast documents the installation process of the Expanded Interiors exhibition at the House of the Bel Cortile in Herculaneum with the help of our technical team. The podcast was viewed 50 times (February 2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/blogpodcasts/videopodcastherculaneuminstallationtimelap... |
| Description | Expanded Interiors: artist talk at Newcastle University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Catrin Huber gave a talk at Newcastle University about the Expanded Interiors project, research and process. This resulted in questions and discussions after the talk. The students also organised a workshop session on Expanded Interiors for the next day (with Catrin Huber) to further discuss the project. The students reported how inspirational the talk was, and some set-up surgery tutorials about their own work with Catrin. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/fineartvisitingspeakers/programme/catrinhuber.html |
| Description | Facebook @ExpandedInteriors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We use Facebook to disseminate previews and information about our activities, events, exhibitions, research, and engagement activities. By February 2022 we have 174 followers and 267 likes. Our post (64) reach engagement has been 12316 and we have had 678 reactions, comments and shares. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/expandedinteriors/ |
| Description | Instagram #expandedinteriors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We use Instagram to disseminate previews and information about our activities, events, exhibitions, research, and engagement activities. By February 2022 we have had 57 posts, 226 followers, 1259 Likes, 46 comments, and 74 posts featuring #expandedinteriors with 3145 likes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://www.instagram.com/expandedinteriors/?hl=en |
| Description | Interpretation leaflet for Expanded Interiors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We created (together with Parco Archeologico di Ercolano) an interpretation leaflet (in English, Italian, and French) for Expanded Interiors at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard, giving visitors information about the Expanded Interiors project, the context of the House of the Beautiful Courtyard, and the exhibition and artworks. Visitors reported that the leaflet helped to look at Roman objects in a new and contemporary way. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/resources/ |
| Description | July Press Release: Expanded Interiors opens at Pompeii |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release and media promotion/marketing by Expanded Interiors and Brera for the opening of Expanded Interiors at Pompeii, which attracted substantial international media coverage: e.g. 'Artist brings a splash of colour to Pompeii and Herculaneum', The Guardian, 15th July 2018, print media and online (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jul/15/artist-catrin-huber-brings-splash-colour-pompeii-herculaneum-world-heritage-sites-newcastle-university); 'Pompeya y Herculano se visten de arte contemporaneo', El Pais, 17th July 2018, (https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/07/17/actualidad/1531816249_788905.html), Spain; 'Frohes Unheil. Pompeij: Catrin Huber lässt Gegenwart auf Antike prallen', Kunstzeitung, September 2018, Germany; 'Expanded Interiors, Catrin Huber tra mondo romano e contemporaneo', Cultura Italia, 21st August 2018; 'Expanded Interiors, Catrin Huber, Pompeii', Artribune, August 2018, Italy; 'Expanded Interiors opens in Pompeii,' Musica, arte y cultura, 18th July 2018, Spain; '2000 Years Through The Walls: Catrin Huber in Pompeii and Herculaneum,' The Protagonist Magazine, October 2018 (https://www.theprotagonistmagazine.com/art-1/2000-years-through-the-walls). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/resources/ |
| Description | Launch event for Expanded Interiors at Newcastle University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | About 50 people from stakeholder organisations, museums, and academia attended this event, which introduced the project and allowed for discussion and exchange (April 2018). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/newsevents/expandedinteriorsukprojectlaunch.html |
| Description | March Press Release for project launch: Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum and Pompeii |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release and media promotion/marketing by Expanded Interiors and Brera for the launch event at Newcastle University, to attract media coverage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/resources/ |
| Description | May Press Release for the opening at Herculaneum: Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum & Pompeii |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release and media promotion/marketing by Expanded Interiors and Brera for the opening of Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum, which attracted substantial international media coverage: e.g. 'Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum and Pompeii', Apollo, The International Art Magazine (https://www.apollo-magazine.com/art-diary/expanded-interiors-at-herculaneum-and-pompeii/); 'New Art rises among the ruins of Pompeii', The Art Newspaper, 21st May 2018; 'Art among the ruins', Current World Archaeology, Issue 91, May 2018; 'Contemporary art project opens in ancient ruins of Herculaneum and Pompeii', Archinect, 21 May 2018; 'Agli Scavi di Ercolano la Mostra Expanded Interiors', eCampagnia, 17th May 2018; 'Archeologia aumentata agli Scavi di Ercolano e Pompei le installazioni di Expanded Interiors', Exibart, 30 March 2018; 'Ercolano e la Casa del Bel Cortile', Napoli Post, 17th May 2018; 'Ercolano, la mostra Expanded Interiors conclude il progetto annuale di valorizzazione Maiuri Pop Up' Made in Pompeii, 17th May 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/resources/ |
| Description | Presentation at Heritage Encounters exhibition at Newcastle University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This was an event organised by Heritage@Newcastle (July 2018). Its aim was to raise awareness across the sector of University research engaging with heritage issues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/heritage-newcastle/conference/ |
| Description | Research workshop at Newcastle University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A workshop at Newcastle University (September 2017) brought together research team and advisors, allowing for interdisciplinary exchange, and a sharing / reflecting on the research and project plans. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Research workshop at TWM / Hancock Museum, Newcastle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This workshop (March 2018) brought together research team / advisors / invited specialists to discuss the research and gain feedback, as well as open-up interdisciplinary exchange to relevant interest groups. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk for local heritage guides at Parco Archeologico di Ercolano |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk about Expanded Interiors at Parco Archeologico di Ercolano for local heritage guides in January 2018, to involve them with the Expanded Interiors project. The session included handling of 3D replicas of Roman objects, and was very well received by the audience, and gained considerable regional media coverage in Italy. The talk was followed by a lively discussion, and audience members were keen to get further involved, and highlighted that it was the first time that events (workshop for guides) had been organised specifically for them. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/newsevents/catrinhuber-artisttalkatparcoarcheologicodie... |
| Description | Tour of the Expanded Interiors exhibition at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 7 visitors of the archaeological site joined the tour of the Expanded Interiors exhibition (November 2018), which aimed to discuss the research and exhibition of Expanded Interiors, and resulted in an engaged conversation about the relationship between ancient and contemporary art and how we engage with heritage sites. The participants reported that the tour had changed their understanding of the relationship between contemporary and ancient art. Their written feedback is currently being translated into English. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Tour of the Expanded Interiors exhibition at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii with artist Catrin Huber and archaeologist Dr Thea Ravasi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A tour of the Expanded Interiors exhibition at the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii (November 2018) with artist Catrin Huber and Roman Archaeologist Dr Thea Ravasi (RA on Expanded Interiors), which discussed the Roman house and site, and the research and installations of Expanded Interiors. The tour opened up an engaged conversation about the research. All participants rated the exhibition as excellent. Comments included: '..(the exhibition has changed my perception of Roman wall painting)..by appreciating the skill and intellectual complexity of the work and how it integrates with the physical architecture', '(the use of contemporary art to explore Roman paintings)...is a very solid and original approach', '(I enjoyed most about the exhibition)...the complexity of the ideas and the reasons behind the exhibition'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://pompeiisites.org/event/expanded-interiors-tour-artisti/ |
| Description | Tours for local school children (five classes) of the Expanded Interiors exhibition at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculenaum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | We offered tours for five local school classes of the Expanded Interiors exhibition at the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum, to engage and discuss the Expanded Interiors project, research and artwork. This sparked lively discussions about the artwork and their relationship to the now and the past. This happened at the Expanded Interiors opening weekend in May 2018, which also gave free entrance to local residents to the archaeological site. The school classes also exhibited their own art works in the ticket office area, which they had developed with their school teachers (as a result of our January workshop). The school teachers reported how important all these activities have been in fostering a sense of ownership and pride in the children of 'their' archaeological site, and that it helped to nurture a better relationship between the local communities and their archaeological site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/newsevents/workshopsinwithlocalteachersinherculaneum.ht... |
| Description | Twitter @ExpandedIN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We use twitter to disseminate previews and information about our activities, events, exhibitions, research, and engagement activities. By March 2022 we have had 286 470 impressions,130 posts, 390 retweets, and 982 likes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/ExpandedIN |
| Description | Website for Expanded Interiors (in English and Italian) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Expanded Interiors website provides thorough information and context about the Expanded Interiors project and the archaeological sites. It is aimed at a general public as well as specialised audience. It contains a blog section as well as podcasts, and a resource page, with additional information that can be downloaded. The website is available in English and Italian. We have had over 2800 users, with the largest numbers coming from the UK (50.58%), US (13.95%), and Italy (11.48%), the remaining users came from 51 countries, including Australia, Germany, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Romania, China, Uganda, Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa, Japan: the overall sessions are recorded as 4760 sessions. Overall page views: 14 684. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/ |
| Description | Workshop for art students from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 5 students from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli attended the workshop, which involved them with the Expanded Interiors project (January 2018). The workshop included an introduction to the Expanded Interiors project, a tour of Casa del Bel Cortile at Herculaneum (with discussions and exchange of knowledge), a visit to the store rooms to see original Roman artefacts, handling of replicas of Roman artefacts, and an object-making session with clay, as well as discussions about site-responsive art and working on Heritage sites. The workshop participants commented very positively on the workshop: For some it was the first time they were on site in Herculaneum and no one had been to the store rooms to see original artefacts before. It was the first time that they had handled replicas of Roman objects, and they were excited about the intersection of Contemporary Art and Archaeology. The workshop has set-up new links between the Academia di Belle Arti di Napoli and the Parco Archeologico di Ercolano. The students were invited back to the archaeological site to present a performance of their own as part of the Expanded interiors opening festivities and the Maiuri celebrations. The students also offered three days of Art Laboratories at the Parco Archeologico di Ercolano for local and visiting children. Though the original activity included five students, the impact and directly resulting activities (performance of students / art laboratories) reached a far larger audience. The overall positive feedback to the workshop with the students included: 'Through this workshop I was able to look at the objects from Roman time not as everyday objects, but as windows on the past in relation to our present.',' It's fascinating how joining contemporary art and archeology gave me a different opinion on the matter.', 'Yes. A better understanding of what the archeological research entails can completely change the way we see ancient art.'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/newsevents/workshopsinwithartstudentsinherculaneum.html |
| Description | Workshop for heritage guides to archaeological sites in the Bay of Naples / Herculaneum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 9 local heritage guides from Ercolano attended the workshop, which involved them with the Expanded Interiors project (January 2018). The workshop included a tour of Casa del Bel Cortile at Herculaneum (with discussions and exchange of knowledge), a visit to the store rooms to see original Roman artefacts, handling of replicas of Roman artefacts, and an object-making session with clay. The workshop participants commented very positively on the workshop: it was the first time that there was a workshop offered to them, and that they had been taken to the store rooms to see original artefacts. They appreciated that the workshop offered closer links with the Parco Archeologico di Ercolano, and hoped it to be the start of a closer long-term relationship with the Parco Archaeologico di Ercolano. The participants were excited about the intersection of Contemporary Art and Archaeology. Feedback comments included: 'Yes, it certainly contributed to me seeing them (contemporary art and archeology) differently since they are deeply linked to roman art.', 'The workshop showed us the difference and functionality of both ancient and contemporary objects.', 'The method " ancient object reinterpreted under a modern light" with the use of wax is extremely useful in my work'. Please also note that building on our successful workshop and talk the Parco Archeologico di Ercolano and the Herculaneum Conservation Project have set-up a Focus Group with guides to more closely involve them with the activities of the site and possible future projects, and to gain more feedback (from February 2018). http://ercolano.beniculturali.it/mercoledi-21-febbraio-il-primo-focus-group-destinato-alle-guide-turistiche/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/newsevents/workshopsinwithlocalguidesinherculaneum.html |
| Description | Workshop for teachers from local schools in Herculaneum / Ercolano |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 10 teachers from local schools in Ercolano attended the workshop, which involved them with the Expanded Interiors project (January 2018). We explored with the teachers possible learning / teaching activities / materials for their children: to involve local children with the archaeological site and the project. The workshop included an introduction to the Expanded interiors project, a tour of Casa del Bel Cortile at Herculaneum (with discussions and exchange of knowledge), a visit to the store rooms to see original Roman artefacts, handling of replicas of Roman artefacts, and an object-making session with clay and discussions about possible learning / teaching activities. The workshop participants commented very positively on the workshop and they subsequently did workshops with their students in their primary and secondary schools. It was the first time that they had been taken to the store rooms to see original artefacts and that they had handled replicas of Roman objects. They were excited about the intersection of Contemporary Art and Archaeology. Feedback comments included: 'Yes, definetly. I discovered how to see objects and paintings of Roman and contemporary art inside other objects (light, shapes, colours) in a way that was unknown to me before.', 'By taking part in this workshop we changed our ideas about contemporary art and could project the ideas of ancient times on modern times.', 'Yes. Contemporary art can help us experience these places in a different way.' These were the first workshops at Parco Archeologico di Ercolano using replicas of Roman artefacts. As a result of the workshops the teachers conducted creative workshops with their students that engaged them with the research of Expanded Interiors, the archaeological sites and Roman artefacts and houses. The Parco Archeologico di Ercolano invited the teachers and their students to exhibit the resulting creative works in the ticket office area at Herculaneum, as part of the Expanded Interiors opening weekend in Herculaneum. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/expandedinteriors/newsevents/workshopsinwithlocalteachersinherculaneum.ht... |