Trinidad and Tobago Newsday -- Melissa Doughty
Minister of Community Development Culture and the Arts Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly experiences the Virtual Steelpan Museum which ran from February 7 to the 28 at the National Museum, Port of Spain.
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The “vibe of the panyard” and dynamic sculptural works have been captured in The Beyond Boundaries and Virtual Steelpan exhibition at the National National Museum and Art Gallery in Port of Spain.
The exhibitions are hosted by the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts. The Beyond Boundaries exhibition began from January 24 and continues until March 17. The Virtual Steelpan museum ran from February 7 to 28.
....The Virtual Steelpan museum, the ministry said, created “the vibe of the panyard” for its viewers. Based on a virtual reality platform it allowed viewers to “play the steelpan to your heart’s content with just a headset and hand held controls.”
The exhibition, the release added, “(took) the users into one of our signature spaces during the carnival season, the panyard. A sacred memory for many has now been converted into an innovative experience for locals and visitors alike using an augmented reality platform.”
This was the ministry’s first investment, it said, “in a platform of this nature, which provides another outlet for the preservation of historical artifacts and content.” The minister was mandated to use new media to “promote, expose and make the culture of Trinidad and Tobago more accessible.”
The virtual steelpan museum was done through a partnership with the US Embassy and Dingole E-Commerce Services Ltd.
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