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A case study analysis
based upon the
ICOMOS Ename Charter
Daniel Pletinckx
CEO
Visual Dimension bvba
Ename, Belgium
DISH Conference: workshop
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Visual Dimension bvba
! Visual Dimension bvba is a company that specialises
in the use of ICT in Cultural Heritage on international scale
! Consulting
! Digitisation of museum objects, monuments, archaeology
! Virtual reconstruction of ancient structures and landscapes
! Design of innovative presentation methods and systems
! Applies existing guidelines (London Charter, Ename
Charter, copyrights)
! Through European projects, major efforts are done for creation
and application of guidelines in cultural heritage
! EPOCH (2004 - 2008)
! CARARE (start : Feb 2010)
! Europeana
The Venlo mikwah
The Venlo mikwah
The Venlo mikwah
The Venlo mikwah
The Venlo mikwah
The Venlo mikwah
! Excavated in 2004-2005 in Venlo, Netherlands
! Identified as a Jewish ritual bath
! Dated by archaeological finds and historical research to be
build around 1300 and taken out of use around 1350 (1349
pogrom)
! Oldest mikwah in the Netherlands, only a few mikwahs
preserved in Europe that are older
! Only lower part of the structure preserved (destroyed by
building activity in the 50’s and 70’s)
! Had to be removed from its original spot (to build parking
garage)
P. 1: Access and Understanding
Interpretation and presentation programmes, in whatever form
deemed appropriate and sustainable, should facilitate physical
and intellectual access by the public to cultural heritage sites.
! Physical access
! Is possible to give access to the monument ?
! Should we allow visitors in the monument ?
! If not, what alternatives can be provided ?
! Intellectual access
! What is a mikwah ? How is it used ? Why is it used ?
! How do we know it is a mikwah ?
! How does a mikwah look like ?
! How did it end up as an archaeological find ?
P. 1: Physical Access
P. 1: Physical Access
P. 1: Physical Access
P. 1: Physical Access
P. 1: Physical Access
P. 1: Intellectual Access
P. 1: Intellectual Access
This photo comes from the book by Lloyd Wolf
"Jewish Mothers: Strength, Wisdom, Compassion,"
P. 1: Intellectual Access
P. 1: Intellectual Access
P. 1: Villa di Livia (Rome)
P. 3: Context and Setting
The Interpretation of cultural heritage sites should relate
to their wider social, cultural, historical, and natural contexts
and settings.
! Social context
! What is the importance of a mikwah in Jewish society ?
! Cultural context
! How is ritual cleaning perceived in general ?
! What makes it specific within the Jewish culture ?
! Historical context
! Why does Venlo have a mikwah this old ?
! What is the story behind the mikwah ?
P. 3: Social Context
P. 3: Social Context
P. 3: Social Context
P. 3: Social Context
P. 3: Cultural Context
"We made from water,
every living thing"
(Sura of Al-Anbiya)
“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you will be clean;
I will cleanse you from all your filthiness
and from all your idols.”
Ezekiel 36:25
P. 3: Historical Context
Pogrom of 1349
P. 3: TimeFrame Storytelling
TimeFrame Saint-Laurentius church Ename, Belgium
P. 3: TimeFrame Storytelling
TimeFrame Municipal Museum, Tervuren, Belgium
P. 3: TimeFrame Storytelling
TimeFrame Born, Netherlands
P. 4: Authenticity
The Interpretation and presentation of cultural heritage sites must
respect the basic tenets of authenticity in the spirit of the Nara
Document (1994).
! What if the context is completely gone ?
! How do we preserve the authenticity of archaeological remains
that have been taken out of context ?
! How to restore the notion of ‘monument’ to a 2 x 90 ton object ?
! Is it possible to turn this mikwah into a touristical landmark ?
! Can we integrate it next to the archaeological remains of the
19th century synagogue in Venlo ?
P. 4: Authenticity - Context
Q4 city renovation project
P. 4: Authenticity - Context
Q4 city renovation project
P. 4: Authenticity - Context
P. 4: Authenticity - Monument
Köln, GermanySpeyer, GermanyFriedberg, Germany
P. 4: Authenticity - Archaeology
Sint-Catharinakerk, Eindhoven, Nederland
P. 4: Recreated context
P. 2: Information Sources
Interpretation and presentation should be based on evidence
gathered through accepted scientific and scholarly methods as
well as from living cultural traditions.
! Interpretation process ongoing
! Chapter 15 in new book “Venlo aan de Maas: van vicus tot
stad”
Spatial reconstruction : Bart Klück
P. 2: EPOCH 3D Webservice
P. 2: EPOCH 3D Webservice
P. 5: Sustainability
The interpretive plan for a cultural heritage site must be sensitive
to its natural and cultural environment, with social, financial,
and environmental sustainability among its central goals.
! What is a sustainable environment to preserve, manage and
present this mikwah ?
! How do we create an environment that supports, promotes,
explains, educates in the long term ?
P. 5: Sustainability
! Costs (financial sustainability)
! Conservation & restoration
! Transport !
! Housing !
! Preservation (conditioned space)
! Protection
! Presentation & Interpretation
! Political and social support (social sustainability)
! Long term support
! Image building
! How does the Venlo mikwah remains relevant ?
P. 6: Inclusiveness
The Interpretation and Presentation of cultural heritage sites must
be the result of meaningful collaboration between heritage
professionals, associated communities, and other stakeholders.
! How can we engage the general public for an object that is
known and identified only by the Jewish part of society ?
! How can this mikwah have a meaning in the society of today ?
! How can this mikwah stimulate understanding and respect
between religions and parts of society ?
P. 6: Inclusiveness
! The Venlo mikwah brings us
! A story about integration and expulsion of another culture,
which is very actual
! A story about ritual cleaning, purity, transitions
which is actual is nearly all religions and also outside
religion
! A story about the Jewish cultural values, which have close
analogies for the other ‘Religions of the Book’
! Strong educational potential
! Needs storytelling systems
! Needs educational support for classroom projects
P. 7: Research, Evaluation,
Training
The Interpretation and Presentation of cultural heritage sites must
be the result of meaningful collaboration between heritage
professionals, associated communities, and other stakeholders.
! Research
! Historical
! Archaeological
! Cultural
! Educational activities
! Tourism
! Art
Conclusion
! The Venlo Mikwah, its complexity and the questions it raises,
show the necessity of a set of guidelines on
Presentation and Interpretation
! The political decision process is ongoing
! These guidelines are adopted by the worldwide cultural
heritage community through worldwide consensus (2008)
! But need to be recognised and implemented by local levels
! Technology will need to
! fill in the lost physical, cultural and social context
! allow to experience again the monument
! stimulate the discussion about intercultural understanding
Knowhow Book on Ename
Charter
Available at http://www.enamecenter.org/
Other EPOCH Knowhow Books
! Interactive Landscapes –How to read and understand historical landscapes
! Interpretation Management –How to make sustainable visualisations of the past
! Presenting The Hidden Past –Highlights and impressions from the lowlands
! Monitoring Monuments –A low-cost digital early warning systemfor preventive conservation of built heritage
! Electro Bacchanalia –A peep box and interpretive tool for Old Master’s paintings
! Interactive Storytelling Exhibition –How to produce a virtual interactive storyto engage visitors with the real world
! Touch of Kandinsky –How to make a carpet into an interactive or storytelling tool
! Virtex –A multisensory approach for exhibiting valuable objects
! The ARC 3D Webservice –How to turn images of an object or sceneinto 3D models for exhibitions and archives
Digitally available at http://www.epoch.eu/