Queenie Szu-Yu Huang’s Selected Works























Objective View of Contested Collection is a meta-exhibition allowing visitors to embody a museum object from their own cultural context to approach the topic of repatriation with an empathetic lens.











Timeline
Research October to December 2023
Design and Fabrication Feburary to April 2024

Class
ITP Graduate Thesis 
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Technical Details
Mixed Media Installation with:
Soundscape
Material Wall
Projected Narrative:
    Animated and rendered with Unreal Engine 5
   Projection Mapped with MadMapper





Concept


An immersive installation that brings visitor through the journey of how an object arrives at the museum. It starts with audio and tactile hints of auction, transportation and conservation that leads to visitors to inside a display box at a museum space, before providing more concrete examples of actual cases of repatriation in a storage space. By experiencing the process and recontextualization an object undergoes, it prompts a deeper understanding of the complexities attached to contested cultural objects by relating it to personal emotions and experiences.











Designing the Space




Planning Exhibition Flow Based on Content  <-->   Test Variations in 3D   <-->  Test Scale in Actual Space  <-->  Adjust Floor Plan and Dimension for Construction






Creating the Physical and Digital Contents




Material Tests and Prototype


Testing Effects and Narration in UE5






Construction









Video Overview of the Experience









Photo Gallery






Credits


Special Thanks to:

Alexander Porter - Thesis Advisor
Daniel Shiffman - Thesis Advisor
Tatsuki Hoshihara - Design and Fabrication Consultant
Victor Morales - Narrative and UE5 Consultant
César Loayza - Voice
Vera Zhong - Voice 
Yuxiang Cheng - Voice
Henrique Bastos Stockler - Voice
Others I am grateful for:

Brett Peterson
Briana Jones
Deepa Paulus
Emily Conrad
Dr. Marisa Karyl Franz
Winslow Porter
... and so many more!