Exhibition

Collaborating with the Past: Native American Portraiture by Shane Balkowitsch

in Community Project, Creative Collaborations, Exhibition, museum, Portraiture

Whilst in Oxford University’s quite mind-boggling and amazing Pitt Rivers museum/collection recently I stumbled across something that I could easily digest; a series of beautiful monochrome portraits by the American […]

Kings of the Underground / Last Voices of Rhondda on YouTube / Vimeo and People’s Collection Wales

in 3-d, 3-d portrait, Amgueddfa Cymru, Big Pit, Exhibition, Kings of the Underground, Last Voices of the Rhondda, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Rhondda Heritage Park

We’ve just uploaded the “King’s of the Underground” videos to our YouTube Channel, Vimeo and the People’s Collection Wales. These high res versions (embedded from Vimeo) were on display at […]

Our 2022 in Review

in Amgueddfa Cymru, Digital Installation, Exhibition, Heritage Lottery Fund, Kings of the Underground, Last Voices of the Rhondda, Oculus, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Virtual Reality, voice recordings, VR, VR for education

Vision Fountain had a productive 2022. We added innovative digital skills and broadened our partnership network while building on our strengths of community storytelling. “Kings of the Underground” introduced 3D […]

Tiz’s – Landscapes at National Waterfront Museum, Swansea

in Afan Valley, Amgueddfa Cymru, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Exhibition, Heritage Lottery Fund, Kings of the Underground, National Museuem Wales

Taroune “Tiz” Buchi of Cardiff Metropolitan University has a large display of his photographic reportage as part of the “King’s of the Underground” project. Tiz’s photographs are exhibited in the […]

Oral History in Rhondda Cynon Taf

in Community Project, Community Workshop, Exhibition, Miners, Oral History, Outreach, Recording Oral History, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Rhondda Heritage Park

Great to be back amongst the communities of the Rhondda where we are working with Rhondda Heritage Park / RCT along with various welfare halls and other community centres to […]

Kings of the Underground – Opening

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07th November, King’s of the Undergound exhibition had it’s official opening at the National Waterfront Museum – Amgueddfa Cymru. The event was attended by many involved in the project; ex-miners […]

Kings of the Underground – Press Release

in 3D, 3D portrait, Afan Valley, Amgueddfa Cymru, Big Pit, Digital Installation, Education, Exhibition, Heritage Lottery Fund, Miners, museum, National Museuem Wales, Recording Oral History, Rhondda Heritage Park, The National Coal Mining Museum, Virtual Reality, VR

Kings of The Underground – Exhibition by Vision Fountain / National Waterfront Museum until 19th March 2023 (part of Amgueddfa Cymru / Museum of Wales) Download Vision Fountain Press Release […]

Kings of The Underground – Exhibition Official Opening 07th November

in 3-d, 3-d portrait, 3D portrait, Community Project, Exhibition, Heritage Lottery Fund, museum, Oral History, Photogrammetry, Recording Oral History

We are getting very excited………….. An exhibition of three-dimensional (3D) portraits and voice recordings of Welsh Miners called “Kings of the Underground” opens at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, Wales […]

Fossil Room – User Testing

in Carboniferous, Community Project, Education, Educators in VR, Exhibition, fossil, fossils, Oculus, Outreach, Rhondda Heritage Park, UK Geology Project, Virtual Collection, Virtual Reality, VR, VR for education, Welsh Government, workshop

We undertook user testing (UT) with the Fossil Room virtual reality experience that was introduced at the open day at Rhondda Heritage Park. Most participants were children, with a few […]

The Festival of Archeology – Virtual Fossil Room

in 3-d Render, 3D, Carboniferous, Community Workshop, Educators in VR, Exhibition, fossil, fossils, Miners, museum, Outreach, paleontology, Participation and Interpretation Officer, Photogrammetry, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Rhondda Heritage Park, UK Geology Project, Virtual, Virtual Reality, VR, Welsh Government

Vision Fountain were invited to introduce and user test a new virtual reality experince; “The Fossil Room” (beta) we are creating in collaboration with Rhondda Heritage Park . The experience […]