The art project ‘Digital Trees Monument’ by Nicole Spit will also be featured in the 2024 Open Monuments Days in September. (Openmonumentendag)
What is there to see?
Several scannable artworks (via the AR app ‘Artivive’) from the project will be displayed indoors at ‘Hof van Kijk-Uit’ in Castricum. Oude Schulpweg 4, Castricum.
Additionally, on both Open Monuments Days, September 14 and 15, there will be a special ‘Digital Trees Monument Walk’ at 11:00 AM. (Participation costs €10, which can be booked through the Digital Trees Monument website.) During the forest walk, Nicole will tell you all about the project, show some of the participating trees, and provide background information about the project through laminated visuals.
Join us for the walk!
The project in short
‘How could we preserve old, characteristic trees? Over the past few years, many people have felt a need for the energy of nature, forests, and trees around them. Our awareness of the value of trees is changing.
More and more trees are disappearing due to logging, forest fires, or different perspectives on nature conservation. Unfortunately, we cannot restore trees like we do with stone monuments. Perhaps we can preserve monumental trees by digitally storing them in Virtual Reality?
I have captured several characteristic old trees from the municipality of Castricum and the surrounding region by scanning and digitally converting them into 3D software.
For each tree, a digitally rendered photo print with a short digital animation layer can be viewed through a free app, where the tree plays the ‘main role’ in its digital dream world. There are also 3D printed models of the trunks of four trees, in which the seeds can be stored. In September, during the Open Monuments Days, four 2D artworks will be displayed at Hof van Kijk-Uit.
Using ‘Photogrammetry’ and special software, namely ‘Blender3D’, I have digitally captured the trees in 3D. They live on, so to speak, as digital monuments in a virtual dream world.
September 14th and 15th
Would you like to know more about the background of the art project? Sign up and join us at the ‘Hof van Kijk-Uit’ on September 14 or 15 and join the walk, where I will tell you all about it. (in Dutch) Maximum of 10 people per walk and space is limited!’
See you then!
Nicole