7th Heaven is an organization that organizes exhibitions related to children’s literature. CAVI has worked with 7th Heaven and Zentropa Interaction in designing two installations for a centre for Scandinavian children’s literature. CAVI’s role in this process has the development of interactive installations in which visitors experience settings and moods of the stories from Norse mythology. The goal of 7th Heaven is to interest children in literature, using a strategy that stimulates their curiosity by introducing them to various story universes in a playful and engaging way. The result of the collaboration are two installations, Mimer’s Well and Balder’s Funeral Pyre, that are currently in use at the 7th Heaven centre in Køge, Denmark.
Mimer’s Well
Mimer’s Well is a cylindrical room in which visitors are introduced to the world of Scandinacian mythology. This is done using 3D stereo projections that visitors observe using special glasses. CAVI has designed the setup of the entire room and created the 3D movie as a collaboration between a visual artist and a group of 3D graphics programmers.
Balder’s Funeral Pyre
The Balder’s Funeral Pyre installation is a corridor in which one of the sides is a 6 meter long and 2 meter high rear projection of fire. The fire is digitally produced using a particle system with hundreds of bit map images of fire, which together with 14 on/off pressure sensors in the floor enable interaction with the fire.
When no one is in the corridor, the flames glow low above the floor, but when someone enters the corridor, a fire explosion erupts beside their location. As the person proceeds down the corridor, more explosions erupt near them.
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