Spatially-Organized Virtual Narratives of Contested Urban Space: digital methods of mapping the spatial experience of shared heritage

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“Stories of Gold”

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In March 2018 and for the duration of three months Leventis Gallery in collaboration with the imaging lab of STARC started the documentation of Leventis gold collection which enumerates a total of 609 gold coins from various locations around the world and from different historical periods (from Alexander the Great to the Byzantium and the Middle Ages until the modern era). This collection contains coins that are considered to have paved the way for the use of coins in world history and is being staged by the A.G. Leventis Gallery.
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STARC in the 2nd Conference on Byzantine and Medieval Studies organized by the Byzantinist Society of Cyprus

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Friday, January 12, 2018

STARC with a strong participation of speakers participated in the 2nd Conference and Medieval Studies, organized by the Byzantinist Society of Cyprus in Nicosia, Cyprus, between the 12th and 14th of January 2018.

Important to mention that prof. Vassos Karageorghis was this year’s Honorary Chair and keynote speaker with a very interesting talk “From Polytheism to Christianity”, while Dr. Nikolaos Bakirtzis was the Chair of the conference.
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The Secrets Of A Royal Portrait – The Cyprus Institute

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ICACH lab has contributed in the technical examination of Caterina’s Cornaro portrait. A cross-disciplinary study of an important painting, attributed to the circle of Titian, of Caterina Cornaro, the last Lusignan Queen of Cyprus. The Cyprus Institute, specifically STARC and its Art Characterization project team, led the scientific study of the painting.

See below for an invitation to the event or visit the relevant website at the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia. The information is also posted in the events page on our website.

via The Secrets Of A Royal Portrait – The Cyprus Institute.

Multispectral photography on the Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios old Diary

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ICACH elaborated multispectral methods using technical photography in order to reveal possible hidden watermarks and to identify the variability and the elemental composition of different inks used by the dragoman Hadjigiorgakis Kornesios at late 19th century Cyprus during the Ottoman rule.

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Documentation of the UNESCO Troodos Painted Churches

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During July of 2017 a joint team from the University of Southern California (USC), The Cyprus Institute (CyI) with the participation of the University of Illinois (UIUC) applied a range of imaging techniques to document the unique interiors of the Troodos Painted Churches, included in the UNESCO World Heritage list.

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Multispectral and RTI imaging @ the Archaeological Museum of Larnaca

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ICACH as part of the STARLAB project applied innovative imaging techniques on selected finds such as an alabaster vessel  and cuneiforms from Pyla-kokkinokremos for the analytical documentation and analysis of inscriptions and texture colourants. You may find more about it at the permalink here.

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Nicosia Cathedral of St. John the Theologian at the focus of interdisciplinary STARC research

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The cathedral church of Saint John the Theologian in the heart of Nicosia is the subject of a cross-disciplinary research project engaging students and researchers from STARC, the Historical Muse-um of Crete and the University of Catania in Italy with the collaboration of the Theological School of the Church of Cyprus and the support of the Department of Antiquities and the Cyprus Arch-bishopric. Building on and enhancing the doctoral research of CyI PhD Candidate Despina Papa-charalambous supervised by Assoc. Professor Nikolas Bakirtzis, this research project aims at under-standing the history of the monument in conjunction with the iconography of its impressive 18th century decorative program.

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Digitisation at the Folk Museum of Limassol

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During the month of April, ICACH / STARC / The Cyprus Institute has been called to digitise Cypriot folk dresses currently exhibited at the Folk Museum of Limassol.

The project is part of the History and Culture of Cypriot Dress project led by professor Rizopoulou Egoumenidou and is part of the Dioptra Digital library that host and supports a technological framework for the dissemination of various themes in Cultural Heritage.

View an example at ICACH guest repository, click here.

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Imaging technologies @ Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios Mansion

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ICACH  has been invited to conduct an imaging project  at the Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios Mansion coordinated by  Prof. Rizopoulou Egoumenidou.

The objectives of the project was to use multispectral and computational photography to four portraits situated at the konaki in order to digitally document and  aid conservation at the Department of Antiquities. In addition computational photography and UV imaging has been used on “The lady of the clock” and
a wallpainting situated in the apse in order to reveal the technique used by the artist and aid in historical research analysis.

The following technologies have been used:

- Multi-spectral photography (Ultraviolet. Infrared, Transmitted and high-res RGB calibrated photography)

- Reflectance Transformation Imaging

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Opening Ceremony – Pafos2017

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STARC has contributed 3D models and 3D reconstructions such as the Hellenistic-roman theatre of Paphos and various statues from Cyprus these models are to be map projected on the walls of the municipality of Paphos where the opening ceremony will take place and will be shown during the “Pygmalion’s Dream” part of the play. 

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First Annual Conference on Byzantine and Medieval Studies

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 STARC and CyI participation in the conference has attracted over 110 speakers from around the world:

CyI Board of Trustees member Prof. Ioli Kalavrezou is offering the conference’s keynote speaker. Prof. Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou is presenting a paper. Nikolas Bakirtzis is Chair of the Scientific and Organizing Committee and is also presenting. Svetlana Gasanova, Christina Roditou, Despina Papacharalambous and Polina Christophi are also presenting papers while Sorin Hermon, Dante Abate, Marina Faka, Valentina Vassalo, Avgoustinos Avgousti, Ropertos Georgiou, Andriana Nikolaidou are participating with poster presentations.
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STARC participates in the IIIF Working Groups Meeting – The Hague – 2016

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Access to image-based resources is fundamental to research, scholarship and the transmission of cultural knowledge. Digital images are a container for much of the information content in the Web-based delivery of images, books, newspapers, manuscripts, maps, scrolls, single sheet collections, and archival materials. Yet much of the Internet’s image-based resources are locked up in silos, with access restricted to bespoke, locally built applications. Source here.

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STARC contrubutes to Karavoi (Κάραβοι) International Conference

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Saturday, October 15, 2016

“ΚΑRAVΟΙ (Κάραβοι): Methodology, Interpretation and Typology of Maritime Graffiti in the Mediterranean”. The conference will be held in the Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus on Saturday and Sunday (15-16 October 2016).The conference marks the conclusion of a collaborative project led by Stella Demesticha of the Archaeological Unit of the University of Cyprus and the support of the Department of Antiquities focused on the documentation and study of maritime graffiti on the late medieval churches of Cyprus. STARC was a key partner providing the systematic application of various imaging and 3D technologies contributing a novel methodology in the study of this understudied historical source. Aspects of our work will be presented in the conference.

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OpenNumisma @ Oxford University

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OpenNumisma: A Software Platform For Managing Digital Heritage Numismatic Collections With a Particular Focus on Reflectance Transformation Imaging.

The proposed poster presents digital heritage research related to OpenNumisma; an open source web-based platform focused on digital heritage numismatic collections. The project provides an innovative merge of digital imaging and data management systems that offer great new opportunities for research and the dissemination of knowledge. A key feature of this platform is the application of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), a computational photographic method that offers tremendous image analysis possibilities for numismatic research. OpenNumisma data can produce Linked Data; the RDF produces a SPARQL endpoint using PHP,ARC2 libraries and is based on CIDOC-CRM Conceptual Reference Model ontology of exchange heterogeneous cultural heritage information.

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Χρώμα και φως: Ο Νικόλας Μπακιρτζής για τον Γκρέκο

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6LTvcG0sHo

 

Με την ομιλία Έργα του Γκρέκο υπό το φως νέας τεχνολογίας του Νικόλα Μπακιρτζή, αναπληρωτή Καθηγητή Επιστήμης και Τεχνολογίας στο Κέντρο Αρχαιολογικής Έρευνας στο Ινστιτούτο Κύπρου, ολοκληρώνονται το Σάββατο 25 Οκτωβρίου 2014, ώρα 11.00 στο αμφιθέατρο Γιάννη Περτσελάκη οι παράλληλες εκδηλώσεις του Ιστορικού Μουσείου Κρήτης στο πλαίσιο της περιοδικής έκθεσης Ο Δ. Θεοτοκόπουλος μεταξύ Βενετίας και Ρώμης (21.6.2014-25.10.2014).
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Spatially-Organized Virtual Narratives of Contested Urban Space: digital methods of mapping the spatial experience of shared heritage

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The experience of historic urban environments remains an ideal context to probe questions of urban identity. The Eastern Mediterranean preserves significant examples of cities whose continuous history can be traced all the way back to Prehistory. In particular, the capital of Cyprus is considered amongst the most contested urban environments having historically layered pasts and perplexing present-day realities [1]. This paper proposes a methodology for the cross-disciplinary study of complex urban realities, with the use of advanced technological applications for the formulation of real-time virtual environments that create spatial data of user behaviour in and around monuments of cultural heritage.