Title
GEO-EXPLORER

Client
Drents Museum (Netherlands).

Technical
Widescreen projection, ratio 11:2. (18 mins.) It incorporates 12 slide and 2 video projectors, with hydraulically driven objects around the theatre. Screen size 5 x 1 m.

Event
Permanent audio visual installation that opened in September 1997, an educational and entertaining show which provides a new insight into the geology in Drenthe.

Description
The story is told as a conversation between Mother Earth and a local character, who was infamous for his crack-pot theories and storytelling. It begins 4600 million years ago and highlights 8 major time periods and geological events. It is told in three languages, Dutch, German and English. This exhibition proved so successful that it remained unchanged for 9 years and even then it was merely converted to digital projection to update the hardware.

Alex Rowbotham provided existing library stock and three weeks location shooting in addition to the primary design and consultancy.

Agency
Di Colore Design Group VOF