
Exhibit:
Timeline, Displays and Interactives
Venue: Bloorview Kids Rehab
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date: Spring 2006
Client: Lord Cultural Resources
Contributors: Mystus (electronics, audio/video,
fabrication, installation), Lord (design, project management)
Visitor
Experience:
Several displays and interactive experiences were installed
in the corridor leading to the pool off the main lobby.
The purpose was to highlight the rich history and current
activities of the centre. The flagship exhibit is the
timeline, printed on fabric stretched over a metal frame.
Installed low for wheelchair and children level access
were two simple interactives - audio stories and symbolics.
Further along the hallway are presentations of staff achievements,
new technologies and programs, and a video of kids just
being kids having overcome their disability.
Client's
Requirements:
The exhibition is placed in a high profile area of the
new building and required astute attention to aesthetic
detail while fulfilling it's functional requirements.
Mystus Expertise:
This was a relatively small exhibition but required all
the different elements of a larger show, from electronics
development on to installation coordination. Mystus has
a proven tracking and management system that carried the
project through without surprises.
Unique Features:
The
timeline, printed on fabric, was a new fabrication technique
developed for this exhibition.
Project
Challenges:
This was a rather small project as exhibitions
go and it was implemented over more than a year. The biggest
challenge beside the actual fabrication development of
the fabric timeline, was to keep the project on budget
over such a long development time without losing the richness
of visitor experiences.