Presenter:
Dr. Eelco Nagelsmit, PhD in History of Art and Architecture From the University of Ghent (Belgium) and Leiden University (The Netherlands)
Saturday, 4 May 2024 16.00 WIB (Jakarta Time) | 11.00 am Amsterdam Time.
In the early eighteenth century, the German school teacher Christoph Semler (1669-1740) created a detailed scale model of the Temple of Solomon between the 10th and 6th centuries BCE in Jerusalem, which was permanently destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE. Based on descriptions and measurements from the Bible, it offered its viewers a three-dimensional treasure-trove of exegetical opportunities. During live demonstrations, they were invited to explore the links between biblical events and histories by visualizing their spatial and temporal relations.
The original model was lost in the nineteenth century, but we have created a virtual augmented reality reconstruction based on textual and visual sources. This talk will discuss the possibilities and limitations of such a reconstruction of a reconstruction, and what it might tell us about eighteenth-century epistemological procedures. How can digital AR technology potentially engage a twenty-first-century audience with historical objects and religious ideas through spatial and architectural means?
Organized and supported by:
GUU Nederlands, Maastricht, Soeracarta Heritage Society, Surakarta, RoemahToea, Yogyakarta Architecture Department, Universitas Katolik Santo Thomas, Medan, Architecture Department, Universitas Pancasila, Jakarta Architecture Department, North Sumatra University, Medan. Groningen University, Groningen PhD candidate in architectural history, Utrecht University, Utrecht.