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DiMoDA, a digital museum in the machine that transforms art into architecture

United States Architecture News - Dec 23, 2015 - 15:36   5107 views

DiMoDA, a digital museum in the machine that transforms art into architecture

DiMoDA Digital Museum of Digital Art. image courtesy of DiMoDA.

Imagine visiting a museum while playing a video game. DiMoDA is essentially that: the museum in the machine, the shell in the ghost. Whoever has played Super Mario 64 will be right at home. With “wings” that you visit through portals housed within the museum’s “walls,” DiMoDA is a gateway station to art. With that in mind, Salazar-Caro took an iconic approach to the design of DiMoDA, making it recognizable and striking amid what will be a mutable, shifting cosmos of wings. He even snuck in the glitched, warped image of a friend’s face in the profile of the museum, literally putting a human face on the digital museum world. DiMoDA looks like an intelligent space — that is, a space that is intelligent, self-aware, and a little ironic....Continue Reading

DiMoDA, a digital museum in the machine that transforms art into architecture

The Digital Museum of Digital Art rendering. image courtesy of DiMoDA.

DiMoDA, a digital museum in the machine that transforms art into architecture

exploded view of DiMoDA. image courtesy of DiMoDA.

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