>> The Museum of Mallorca hosts this exhibition from this Sunday, May 18th to June 25th, a pedagogical reinterpretation of a capital from the Museum of Mallorca.
>> Numerous visitors have been able to touch the 3D replica of the medieval capital, made by students of the ADEMA Fine Arts Degree.
The Consell de Mallorca, the Museu de Mallorca, and ADEMA inaugurated this morning the exhibition “From the Gothic to the Future: The Digital Transformation of a Chapter of the Museu de Mallorca,” an interdisciplinary exhibition project that combines historical heritage with the languages of contemporary art and new technologies. This exhibition, which was the central event of the Consell de Mallorca on International Museum Day, will be open to the public until June 25th, during the Museu de Mallorca’s regular opening hours.
The exhibition has been the result of a collaboration between the Museum of Mallorca, ADEMA Escola Universitària and the Consell de Mallorca.
This morning, the Vice President of the Consell de Mallorca, Antònia Roca, the Director of the Museu de Mallorca, Maria Gràcia Salvà, accompanied by the President of ADEMA, Diego González, the teachers Concepció Bauçà de Mirabò and Cati Bauzà, as well as students participating in the project were able to tour the different pieces that make up this exhibition, which has aroused the interest of numerous visitors and were able to touch the 3D replica of the capital.
During the inauguration, teachers Concepció Bauçà de Mirabò and Cati Bauzà explained that “the exhibition was launched as a result of a Project-Based Learning (PBL) project developed with first- and second-year students of the Degree in Fine Arts at ADEMA. Throughout the academic year, various subjects have participated in this initiative, which consisted of investigating the 13th-century medieval capital, found in Palma and linked to the old church of San Bartolomé, a construction that formed part of the urban landscape after the Conquest of James I, from a historical, symbolic, and visual perspective, focusing on the sculptural motif of the Gordian knot, present in the piece.”
The process included direct observation, documentation through sketches, the students’ reinterpretation of the Gordian Knot through engraving, and three-dimensional scanning of the piece, which allowed for its subsequent digital modeling.
Thanks to the use of advanced digital tools, the project has successfully reinterpreted the heritage from an inclusive and educational perspective. The 3D replica of the capital expands the possibilities for disseminating, mediating, and understanding the original work. The digitalization process has also allowed students to explore the contemporary dimension of art in dialogue with sculptural tradition.