An immersive and vivid journey through history
Halifax, Canada
Overview
Dating back to 1749, the Halifax Citadel has no shortage of stories to tell. This National Historic Site is located high atop the city of Halifax and has undergone significant visitor experience enhancements to bring complex historical narratives to a modern audience. ngx’s work in Halifax has been wide-ranging: from gamified interactives to large scale animations that trace the city’s history.
Scope Highlights
- Technical Consulting
- Concept Design
- Object Recognition
- Creative Direction
- Archival Production
With a focus on politics and geography between 1744 and 1755, the Anchor 1 experience allows visitors to engage with Mi’kmaq, Acadian, English, and French perspectives by selecting one of four perspective lenses.
The four perspectives are each represented by a physical circular lens which visitors place onto an interactive, object-recognition enabled screen display, to explore the diverse ways in which they all understood the same places and events.
The Story Stations compel visitors to explore the competing perspectives of the time by featuring dramatized portrayals of historical figures who narrate their personal experience and understanding of key historical events from various moments in the Citadel’s history.
The historical characters include John Knox, Pierre Maillard, and Jean-Baptiste Copel.
One highlight of the work in Halifax has been the use of object recognition in service of historical storytelling. By applying different physical lenses to interactive tables, visitors explore the same places and events through different views and understandings. In this gallery, technology plays a large part in supporting the exploration of perspective and an expansion of possibility.
Thanks to our project partners: Lord Cultural Resources, Origin studios, Kubik, and Hadron Films
