Known Worlds

Oak Taylor Smith recorded the Book of Roger, a 16th century manuscript of al-Idrisi's description of the world, composed in 1152. Al-Idrisi´s maps incorporated knowledge about Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Far East.

Read Adam Lowe´s text on maps and representation. 

Building with Symbols

Factum Foundation is proud to announce a new exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum, London, on Soane's relationship with freemasonry. The centrepiece is a reconstruction of Soane's 'Ark of the Masonic Covenant', a piece of ritual furniture built in 1813 but lost in a fire in 1883. Click here for more details. 

Many ways to Piranesi

Factum´s re-creation of Giovanni Battista Piranesi´s objects are on view at the Museo di Roma until October 15th 2017. The Factum Foundation and the Fondazione Cini have published a free, online version of the 2014 catalogue of the exhibition Diverse Maniere: Piranesi, Fantasy and Excess. Click here to view it.  

Seti I Update

A team from Factum is currently recording fragments of the sarcophagus lid of Seti I in Sir John Soane's Museum, London. The work is a continuation of Factum's recording of the body of the sarcophagus in 2016. The data will be used to create facsimiles that will be shown this fall at the Antikenmuseum in Basel. 

Xingu Heritage

A team from Factum Foundation has just returned from the upper Xingu region of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, where they participated in People’s Palace Projects collaboration with the indigenous filmmaker Takuma Kuikuro.  The work is intended to contribute both to Takuma’s filmmaking and Ipatse’s planned cultural centre in the nearest town, Canarana.

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Recording at Ferapontov Monastery

May 11th marked the beginning of a three-month recording session at the Ferapontov Monastery, a UNESCO world heritage site. Teams from Factum and the Peri Foundation are working every evening in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin to photograph over six-hundred square meters of frescoes painted in 1502 by the renowned icon painter Dionisy.Click here for more news. 

True Copies

A new piece on the work we carry-out at Factum Arte & Factum Foundation has been released on PBS Newshour. Click here to watch the video.

Facsimile of Seti I

The production of the facsimile of the tomb of Seti I is underway. The facsimile will be the part of an exhibition at the Antikenmuseum in Basel this fall focusing on the various efforts to restore, preserve and study Seti I.

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A new approach to conservation

Adam Lowe contributed an article titled Digital Recording in a time of Iconoclasm, Mass Tourism, Celebrity Culture and Anti-Ageing to a recent publication by the British Council. The text delineates a financially efficient and socially sustainable approach to cultural preservation, that represents the Foundation´s experience completing projects effectively. Click on the links to read Adam Lowe´s text and the British Council´s publication.

Re-creating Horace Walpole´s Collection

The facsimiles of Allan Ramsay's Portrait of Mrs. Laura Keppel and Charlotte, Lady Huntingtower, and of the 33 drawings by George Vertue have been installed at Strawberry Hill House.Click here to learn more about this project. 

Podcast "Traditional and Digital Artisans Meet"

Art Jameel´s new podcast features Adam Lowe discussing the ways in which new technologies are being used in both architectural conservation and contemporary art. Click here to listen to the presentation.

3D model of the statue of Idrimi

The statue of Idrimi, a refugee from Aleppo who rose to become the king of Alalakh in southern Turkey 3,500 years ago, was recorded and scanned last February at the British Museum. A 3D model of the statue is now abailable on Sketchfab. Factum Foundation will donate a facscimile of the statue to the charity Making Light. Current Archelogy published a review of the project.