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March 2023: Retold Meeting at ASTRA Museum (RO)

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The second meeting of the RETOLD project took take place in Sibiu, Romania. Most of the meeting was not open to outsiders. The project entered its third and semi-final year and we took stock of progress in developing our tools for documenting, digitising and sharing of the information and stories of our museums. During the meeting there was ample time to familarise ourselves with capturing digital data "in the wild" so to say: we had several workshops on how to document houses and everything around them. The museum in Sibiu was an excellent area for both the study meeting and the acquisition of data which we needed to experiment with over the summer 2023.

Program

Draft March 10, 2023

Arrival - Sunday, March 26, 2023

 Arrival at the accommodation: Hotel MyContinental Sibiu Address: Calea Dumbrăvii, nr. 2-4, Sibiu, Romania
19:00Meeting of the participants, Opening Dinner (restaurant Hanul din Tulgheș)

 

Day 1 - Monday, March 27, 2023

Location: ASTRA Museum, Sibiu

7:30Breakfast
8:30Departure from the hotel
9:30-11:30Session 1 (Open to Public)
9:30-10:00Official opening
10:00-11:00Opening and introduction in RETOLD
10:00-10:30(Archaeological) Open-Air Museums and why we need RETOLD
Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC (NL)
10:30-11:00Discussion - Questions & Answers
George Octavian Tomegea, ASTRA Museum (RO) and Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC (NL)
11:00-11:30Coffee break
11:30-13:00ASTRA & EXARC: SWOT & digital strategy (Retold Partners Only)
13:00-14:30Lunch: Hanul din Tulgheș (inside the open-air museum)
14:30-18:30Session 2 (Retold Partners Only)
14:30-16:00UAB: Demo and testing of the Documentation App
Aitor Alsina Rodríguez, UAB (ES)
16:00-16:30Coffee break
16:30-18:30UAB: Discussion, comments and suggestions
Aitor Alsina Rodríguez, UAB (ES) and Cordula Hansen, Nüwa (IE)
19:00Dinner: Hanul din Tulgheș (inside the open-air museum)

 

Day 2 - Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Location: ASTRA Museum, Sibiu

7:30Breakfast
8:30Departure from the hotel
9:00-11:00Session 3 (Retold Partners Only)
9:00-11:00Workshop 1 – Intro into photogrammetry Photogrammetry and 3D capture techniques and uses (presentation)
Introduction to capture and processing hardware
Operation of a capture studio
Cordula Hansen and Shay Gilna, Nüwa (IE)
11:00-11:15Coffee break
11:15-13:00Visit to the ASTRA Open-Air Museum
13:00-14:30Lunch: Hanul din Tulgheș (inside the open-air museum)
14:30-18:30Session 4 (Retold Partners Only)
14:30-16:00Workshop 2 – Capture exercise
Intro to photogrammetry best practices
Participants capture 3D objects/buildings using their own cameras, phones
Demo of photogrammetry by drone
Cordula Hansen and Shay Gilna, Nüwa (IE)
16:30-17:00Coffee break
17:00-18:30UAB reporting about the testing
19:00Dinner: Hanul din Tulgheș (inside the open-air museum)


Day 3 - Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Location: Sibiu and ASTRA Museum

7:30Breakfast
9:00-13:00Session 5 (Retold Partners Only)
9:00-12:30Walking from the hotel to House of Art where Mirela Iancu from ASTRA Museum will present the project (it is about craftspeople) - EAA project with house of arts. Visit to the medieval Sibiu city centre.
12:30-13:00Transport to the open-air museum
13:00-14:30Lunch: Hanul din Tulgheș (inside the open-air museum)
14:30-18:30Session 6 (Retold Partners Only)
14:30-15:30Discussion on the Crafts (form + videos)
15:30-16:00Coffee break
16:00-18:30ASTRA practical: Craft demonstrations and experiment: Mihaela Gherghel – spinning on spinning wheel, Rodica Ispas – weaving on horizontal loom, Adrian Coman – leatherworking, Ionuț Bîscu – potteryInterviews with Retold Partners
Eva Götting, Museumsdorf Düppel - Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin (DE)
19:00Dinner: Hanul din Tulgheș (inside the open-air museum)


Day 4 - Thursday, March 30, 2023

Location: ASTRA Museum, Sibiu

7:30Breakfast
8:30Departure from the hotel
9:00-13:00Session 7 (Retold Partners Only)
9:00-11:00Workshop 3 – Processing models
Processing software walkthrough
3D models and performance
Exporting models
Archiving capture data
Cordula Hansen and Shay Gilna, Nüwa (IE)
11:00-11:15Coffee break
11:15-13:00Workshop 4 – 3D Storytelling
Publishing 3D models
Building historical narratives in 3D - fiction vs interpretation
Using photogrammetry in render and game engines
Cordula Hansen and Shay Gilna, Nüwa (IE)
13:00-14:30Lunch: Hanul din Tulgheș (inside the open-air museum)
14:30-18:30Session 6 (Retold Partners Only)
14:30-16:00Steering Committee meeting part 1
Financial Reporting 2 first years
Magdalena Zielinska, EXARC (NL)
Summarizing what we did so far
Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC (NL)
Visibility rules … once more ;-)
Magdalena Zielinska, EXARC (NL)
16:00-16:30Coffee break
16:30-18:30Steering Committee meeting part 2
Planning next 2 years
Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC (NL)
Planning social media
Cordula Hansen, Nüwa (IE) and Magdalena Zielinska, Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC (NL)
Planning whitebook
Magdalena Zielinska, Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC (NL)
19:00Dinner: Hanul din Tulgheș (inside the open-air museum)

 

Departures - Friday, March 31, 2023

7:00Breakfast
 Departures