The ongoing programme can be accessed via the ARCHiVe website, where it is possible to sign up to participate in future classes, aimed at scholars, researchers, students and those who want to improve their skills in the field of digital enhancement of cultural heritage.
Factum Foundation has played an active role in the AOA initiative, delivering and organising specific courses, workshops or training sessions. It is possible to browse the over 80 hours of free access AOA past courses, lectures and talks, through a dedicated playlist on YouTube.
2021
Recording the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore and its collections
27 September
As part of the celebrations around the 70th anniversary of Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Adam Lowe (Factum Foundation) and Frédéric Kaplan (EPFL) discussed the outcome of the recording of the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in 2020. The online presentation ‘Recording the island of San Giorgio Maggiore’, was streamed live on YouTube on September 27th as the opening event of AOA 2021 programme.
Three-dimensional Digitisation
13, 14, 27, 28 October & 4, 18 November
A twelve-hour course entirely curated by Factum Foundation, aimed at expanding into the concepts and practices of 3D digitisation for cultural heritage. The contents were organised in two parts: Input (capturing information) and Output (sharing information), with classes focusing on theoretical aspects, case studies and sessions demonstrating the application of a particular technology discussed in a previous class.
13 October: Recording the relief of paintings, Speaker: Carlos Bayod Lucini
14/10/2021: The Lucida 3D Scanner (workshop), Speakers: Carlos Bayod Lucini, Guendalina Damone
Recording with the Lucida 3D Scanner, Factum and ARCHiVe’s system for digitising relief. The process of planning, capturing, processing, visualizing, sharing and reproducing the surface of paintings and other low-relief artefacts for conservation purposes. Creating the digital fingerprint of an artwork.
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27 October: Recording (and reproducing) surface and shape, Speaker: Carlos Bayod Lucini
28 October: Close-range photogrammetry (workshop), Speakers: Carlos Bayod Lucini, Otto Lowe
3D and colour recording of an object’s surface and shape employing close-range photogrammetry and structural light scanning: reliefs, sculptures, architectural elements, rock art, city and landscape, etc.
Production of facsimiles through the combination of digital technology and craft skills.
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4 November: Stereo-photometric recording (workshop), Speaker: Carlos Bayod Lucini, Jorge Cano
Illustrating the potential of stereo-photometric recording using the prototype of Factum’s newest recording system: the Selene.
18 November: Digital restoration and analysis, Speakers: Carlos Bayod Lucini, Irene Gaumé
The final class, together with Irene Gaumé (3D sculptor at Factum Arte and Factum Foundation) analysed new approaches to higher-resolution surface 3D recording; surface scanning for research and analysis. The concept of digital restoration and its methodologies for non-contact conservation were also talked in depth.
2022
3D Techniques for Cultural Heritage
14 June
The session illustrated the updates on the 3D digitisation of the Teatro Verde and the Vatican Chapels as part of the major project of digitisation of the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice; it also introduces the 3D and 2D digitisation techniques and methods used for the digital recording of one of the oldest tapestries in the Cini collections: The Entry into Palestine of Vespasian’s Troops (1470-1480).
Recording Giulio Romano: Shape and Surface
12-16 September
Organised by Factum Foundation and ARCHiVe as part of the programme ‘Fare Arte’ conceived by the Scuola di Palazzo Te, the workshop Recording Giulio Romano: Shape & Surface aims to introduce students and professionals to the techniques and methods of digital preservation, which Factum Foundation has been pioneering through a number of international projects around the world. – go to the project page
2023
Workshop on Analysis and Recording of Cultural Heritage in Venice
12-16 September
The first workshop on site organised and taught in tandem by Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Factum Foundation in Venice on 2D and 3D methods and technologies for Cultural Heritage preservation. 5 days of immersive experience on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, learning in theory and practice how to deal with various aspects of digital preservation and recording.
2024
3D Digital Investigation for Canvases and Painted Panels
7, 14 March
Online course offering a detailed examination of the digital recording of different types of works and the investigative opportunities afforded solely through the three-dimensional digital recording of painting surfaces and supports. It featured two projects undertaken by ARCHiVe, alongside other case studies: the digitisation of the Palazzo Cini Gallery (47 panel paintings) and the digitisation of a painting by Jacopo Tintoretto from the collections of the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice (The Creation of the Animals, 1550-1553). The course offered a detailed examination of the digital recording of these works and the investigative opportunities afforded solely through the three-dimensional digital recording of painting surfaces and supports. In addition to unveiling 3D digital acquisition techniques, the meetings are intended as moments of restitution and exchange to disseminate the research possible thanks to this type of technology applied to Cultural Heritage. Therefore, the course shares the outcomes of the reconstruction of The Crucifixion by the Master of Lamentation from Lindau in Utrecht and the recreation of historical textile patterns derived from digital analyses of pictorial surfaces on both panel and canvas.
Lecturers: Luca Massimo Barbero, Sanne Frequin, Carlos Bayod Lucini
