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Light is History A Community Participated Museum Installation @Samir_Bhowmik Media Lab Helsinki MuseumNext 2014 samirbhowmik.cc/

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The “Light is History” project in Helsinki involved a participatory public museum installation that served as a research object in an urban square where community members anonymously displayed information of their personal artefacts and shared their energy use information for the common wellbeing. Here, a co-curated and participatory framework was built around daily practices bringing together local community. The outcomes of this project allowed us to learn about community sustainability, learning and wellbeing. The lessons learnt from this project may have implications for museums and heritage institutions. The project proposes how methodologies of participation and installation could serve museums in the future to build sustainable practices around artefacts in their own collections.

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Light is HistoryA Community Participated Museum Installation

@Samir_BhowmikMedia Lab Helsinki

MuseumNext 2014

samirbhowmik.cc/

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COMMUNITY SHARING

WELLBEING

ENERGY USE

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WELLBEING

HERITAGE ENERGY =

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HERITAGE ENERGY  = MUSIC

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PRIVATE PUBLIC

MIESTEN VUORO (STEAM OF LIFE) 2010

SAUNA STOVE

MAN WITH STORIES

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“I have cried, laughed, loved, broke up, been quiet, thought loud, partied, been alone and with ten people, sang, told secrets, composed poems and music in the sauna. When the stove says tsssh, the mind says tsssh. The steam is hot and the stones are beautiful..... sauna is my thing”

ELECTRIC SAUNA

lightishistory.tumblr.com

ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION336 KwH per Year

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energy savings

energy artifact

Home

FIRST PROTOTYPE MEDIA OF ENERGY & EMOTIONS EXHIBITION 2013

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energy savings publishing

energy artifact narrative

+

+Home

+ app & web portal + microprocessor

+ repository

FIRST PROTOTYPE MEDIA OF ENERGY & EMOTIONS EXHIBITION 2013

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energy savings publishing

energy artifact narrative

lighttherapy

display

+

+Home

Public

+ app & web portal + microprocessor

+ repository

FIRST PROTOTYPE MEDIA OF ENERGY & EMOTIONS EXHIBITION 2013

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A MOBILE APP FOR SHARING ENERGY

October 23, 2012

YODEU! Light is History

Date Units inkWh

Your DailyDifference

29th

28th 2.45 -0.44

27th 2.01 +2.43

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HELSINKIKALLIO

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lightishistory.tumblr.com DIGITAL ARCHIVE

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"This globe is a gift from one of our dear friend, who knew that both of us like globes. He found it in a flea market. For us, it is a symbol of traveling, which is the most cherished hobby. This great hobby will become less of a delight when cheap oil runs out. The globe and its warm 80s-style lighting in addition brings back memories of our childhood”

ILLUMINATED GLOBE

lightishistory.tumblr.com

ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION6 KwH per Year

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“I got this toothbrush as a gift to myself. The wish of possessing such a thing came from my personal consciousness about my teeth (yeah, I like smiling and I do it a lot!). This brush works perfectly: it is much more effective in cleaning, comparing to mechanical brushes. What I also appreciate is that it allows me to be lazy, especially in the morning time, i.e. it does the job literally by itself, with its own power (electric)!”

ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH

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ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION0,4 KwH per Year

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SALORA ORTHOPERSPECTA“My father purchased this time of high-tech equipment, Salora Orthoperspecta Radio with speakers in the early 1970s. I got it for my personal use at age 6, some fifteen years later. As a child and as a young girl in Rovaniemi my radio launched a world of events, stories, and especially music into my room……”lightishistory.tumblr.com

ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION20 KwH per Year

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AN INSTALLATION FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS

ENERGY COMPANY DUMPSTER - HELSINKI

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THE ALTERNATIVE VITRINE

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THE LIGHT BOX & THE VITRINE

COMMERCIAL METER

HOUSEHOLD METER

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BUILDING IN THE LAB

ARDUINO MICROPROCESSORS

ONSITE COMPUTING

LED STRIPS

RECYCLED WOOD

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APPROX. 10 000 LUXCOMPARABLE TO ANY COMMERCIAL PRODUCT

THE LIGHT BOX

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THE VITRINEIMAGE OF THE ARTIFACTS

HISTORYPERSONAL NARRATIVES

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OPENING DAY

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POP-UP MUSEUM

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LIGHT THERAPY

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LIGHT THERAPY LIGHT THERAPY

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LIGHT THERAPY

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LEARNING ABOUT ENERGY USE

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POSING FOR THE CAMERAS

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DAILY MEET-UPS FOR ENERGY TALKS

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THE OTHER CHRISTMAS TREE

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BARELY LEGAL

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MUSEUM VISIT AT -10 C

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SCHOOL VISIT DURING SNOW -STORM

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BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER

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Light is History@Samir_Bhowmiksamirbhowmik.cc/