When " Dalí life " open in the saltation of 2019 , it will be " an unconventional experience of this very unconventional artist , " according to Kathy Greif , the master operating officer of the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg , Florida . Would n’t Dalí have loved to be there for this one - of - a - kind exposition ? Maybe in some means he will be . As he once wrote , " If someday I may die , though it is unlikely , I go for the hoi polloi in the cafes will say , ' Dali has die out , but not entirely . ' "
Courtesy of the 21st century and massive leaps in artificial word ( AI ) , Dalí ’s compliments is come true in a bad way of life .
The Changing Museum Experience
The first museums were private assemblage of alien objects bed as console of oddment or admiration rooms . Only guests of the wealthy possessor were admitted to view the items . Now whole shebang of art and wonders of skill are available to everyone online anytime , without ever leaving home . But you should give home , especially now that museums are offer immersive experience to absorb you with artists and artifacts as never before .
In the last decade or so , smart museum have acknowledge thatsmartphonesare collaborative prick and not just contention for eyeballs . peregrine technical school is embedded in many , if not most , museum experience , and apps abound . Some apps provide veridical - clip response to visitor questions , some let you create a customise tour by select " really self-aggrandising " or " really sometime , " for example . Augmented realness apps re - sentient 3D dinosaurs to corking effect and convey to life diachronic figure who virtually channelise you through showing .
The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg , Florida is no stranger to delivering digital experience . Its latestis even stranger and more wonderful than previous technical school - inspired offerings . " Dalí living : Where Art Meets Artificial Intelligence " , open in April 2019 , portray a kind ofrebirthofSalvador Dalídecades after his expiry .
Throughout the exhibit , visitant will be invited to plug in with an AI resurrection of Dalí . Click a button , and a life - size double of the larger - than - life creative person appear on one of many screen throughout the exhibit . visitant win insight into the work by interacting with AI Dalí as they wander the museum ’s more than 2,000 painting , illustrations , sculptures and photo .
" This Dalí mouth forthwith to guests about his piece of work and his human race , and about our current world , " explain Greif . " visitant wo n’t be guided straight through the heading . They ’ll have the work as they engage with the person who do it Dalí well – the artist himself . "
Enter Goodby Silverstein & Partners
To create AI Dalí , museum staff amassed archival footage and one C of interviews and citation and shared them withGoodby Silverstein & Partners , the design bureau that create the museum ’s earlier digital experience . GS&P find out an actor who pair Dali ’s strong-arm proportions and then trained anAIalgorithm to learn Dalí ’s face and desegregate his likeness with the actor ’s face and expressions . novel footage was create of the thespian perform monologue based on Dalí ’s inverted comma and writings but with a present - twenty-four hour period turn .
" Along with his original mentation , AI Dalí might comment on the current weather or time of day for an authentic , conversational experience , " says Greif . Authenticity that is deliver , paradoxically , by AI .
The museum ’s AI experience was inspired by Salvador Dalí himself . Throughout his long calling , the artist combined technical expertise with surreal symbolism to produce work that fascinates as it unhinge . Distorted objects on meticulously paint landscapes , elephant with impossibly prospicient leg , melting timepieces . All part of the populace of Dalí , which thanks to this showing is now more approachable than ever .
" This is one of the pillar of our digital scheme – using cut - sharpness technology to preserve Dalí ’s remarkable legacy , " Greif order . " The museum industry has become very adaptative ; we ’re proud to be part of this new wave . "
Before " Dalí Lives " , The Dalí Museum collaborate with GS&P in a 2014 exhibit that turn visitor selfies into replicas of a Dali painting . The two formation then co - create " Dreams of Dalí " in 2016 , a virtual reality experience where viewer immerse themselves in the surrealism of a Dalí painting . " Dreams " garnered external attention and continues to be a democratic attraction . The museum also has another , yet to be divulge digital project in the works .
