Lamassu facsimiles donated to the University of Mosul
Two monumental facsimiles of lamassu, hybrid winged deities found in Assyrian art, are now on their way from Madrid to Mosul with the help of the Spanish Ministry of Defense and the Iraqi government. The lamassu, whose originals are now in the British Museum, will be installed at the University of Mosul.
Columbia University graduate fieldwork in Venice
The course run by Factum Foundation experts at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation has now entered its fourth year. From 7th-11th October participants undertook fieldwork at the Prioral Palace and Church of the Order of Malta and the ARCHiVe facilities in Venice.
Exhibition on the Bakor Monoliths at the British Museum
In November 2020, Factum Foundation will collaborate with the British Museum on an exhibition about the Bakor Monoliths from southeastern Nigeria, many of which the Foundation has recorded in situ and in international museums in recent years.
Jeremy Corbyn endorses the campaign to save the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
There has been a new groundswell of support for the campaign to save the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, with many councillors pledging support and an important meeting at the East London Mosque. Among other prominent supporters, Jeremy Corbyn has now endorsed the campaign.
NEW COLLABORATIONS FOCUSSING ON THE SPANISH GOLDEN AGE
Factum Foundation is delighted to announce two new projects focused on Spanish painting, one with the Casa Natal de Velázquez in Sevilla, and a second with The Auckland Project in County Durham, UK.
Unveiling the reconstruction of the sacred cave of Kamukuwaká
The reconstruction of the sacred cave of Kamukuwaká will be unveiled in Factum’s Madrid workshop on 18th and 19th October.
In addition, a BBC Radio 4 program about the musical collaboration between Factum's Nathaniel Mann and Akari Wauja is now available for download.
The recording of Raphael's Cartoons at the V&A
In August 2019 Factum Foundation carried out the recording of the Raphael Cartoons at the V&A, which have been loaned by Her Majesty The Queen from the Royal Collection. This project was one of Factum Foundation’s most ambitious digitisation works undertaken to date.
Recreation of Six Sunflowers in a Vase on show in Tokyo
Factum's recreation of Van Gogh's Six Sunflowers in a Vase (1888), a painting that was desttroyed in the American bombing of Ashiya, Japan, in 1945, is currently on show in the exhibition 'Superclone Cultural Properties' at the Tokyo University of the Arts Museum. The exhibition showcases the latest advances in cultural heritage digitisation and rematerialisation technologies.
The Egyptian National Commission for UNESCO gives its patronage to the Theban Necropolis Preservation Initiative
The TNPI and its ongoing training programme through the 3D Scanning, Training and Archiving Centre at Stoppelaëre House received the patronage of the Egyptian National Commission for UNESCO. The TNPI is being run by an entirely Egyptian team supported by Factum Foundation, producing some of the best 3D data that is possible with today's technology. Learn more.
Recording a 19th-century relief map of Jerusalem
A 19th-century relief model of Jerusalem has been recorded using photogrammetry in the Tower of David Museum. The model, which measures 4.5x5m and is at a scale of 1:500, shows the city in the later stages of Ottoman rule.
Recording Michelangelo's Epifania
On 29 July, Adam Lowe and Carlos Bayod participated in a Study Workshop at the British Museum and presented the results from the recording of Michelangelo's Epifania cartoon. A few weeks earlier, Factum Foundation carried out the high-resolution 3D and colour recording of Michelangelo's Epifania in a collaboration with the Department of Collections Care at the British Museum.
The lost silver map of Al-Idrisi
Factum Arte’s recreation of the lost silver map of al-Idrisi is now complete. The map, a reconstruction of a lost 12th-century original following a 16th-century Ottoman copy, was exhibited at Daniel Crouch Rare Books at the Masterpiece London art fair, and is currently on view at the exhibition ‘Talking Maps’ at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
In development: Photometric scanner
Factum Foundation is constantly looking for new ways to record accurate information of the surface of paintings. Currently in development in the Madrid workshops is the photometric scanner – a fast, portable system that will be capable of recording high-resolution 3D surface texture for both visualisation and re-materialisation.
Neither facsimile nor copy, this re-creation of al-Idrisi's map in silver combines painstaking historical research with advanced digital techniques and the highest levels of craftsmanship, paying tribute to the lost original and offering yet another layer to add to the complexity of its transmission. Find out more.
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