Interactive Media Experiences

Avatar: The Exhibition—Digital Interpretive Experiences

Client:

Museum of Pop Culture

Venue/Location:

Traveling Exhibition

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Exhibits & Interactives

Client:

Museum of Pop Culture

Browse:

Exhibits & Interactives

Created in collaboration with EMP Museum and Twentieth Century Fox, Belle & Wissell designed and developed these touch-screen interactives to provide a deeper understanding of the incredible processes utilized in the making of this film.

The Plant Designer empowers visitors to create their own Pandora plant by selecting bases, stalks, and upper parts (as well as controlled coloring and sizing). Once the designs are complete, they are added to a database and presented on passive displays. They continuously cycle from the massive set of plants and shift between day and night modes (revealing each plant’s bioluminescence).

The Avatar Sound Designer encourages users to control elements of the film’s multi-layered soundtrack to highlight the techniques that are utilized to bring emotion and excitement to the final production.

The Na’vi Cultural Video experience reveals behind-the-scenes approaches in building the Na’vi culture including costuming, linguistics, and more.

©Twentieth Century Fox, All Right Reserved.

Project Accolades:

The New York Times “Field Station Pandora,” 2013
Wired “Avatar the Exhibition at the Liberty Science Center,” 2013
The Seattle Times
“‘Avatar’ and its blue moon land at Seattle’s EMP | SFM,” 2012

Belle & Wissell Team Credits

Design Director: Gabe Kean
Art Director: Thomas Ryun
Designer: Edrea Lita
Producer: Marq Dean
Project Manager: Sarah Faulkner
Technology Lead: Marcel Ray
Programmer: Zach Archer
Programmer: Wayne Fidler
Illustrator: Steven Henry

Additional Project Credits

Curator: Brooks Peck
Exhibition Designer: Robert Mark Morgan
Interactive Producer: Aleen Adams
Exhibit Manager: Addy Froehlich
Museum Technology: Brian Phraner
Video Production: David Wulzen

Belle & Wissell Team Credits

Design Director: Gabe Kean
Art Director: Thomas Ryun
Designer: Edrea Lita
Producer: Marq Dean
Project Manager: Sarah Faulkner
Technology Lead: Marcel Ray
Programmer: Zach Archer
Programmer: Wayne Fidler
Illustrator: Steven Henry

Additional Project Credits

Curator: Brooks Peck
Exhibition Designer: Robert Mark Morgan
Interactive Producer: Aleen Adams
Exhibit Manager: Addy Froehlich
Museum Technology: Brian Phraner
Video Production: David Wulzen

Created in collaboration with EMP Museum and Twentieth Century Fox, Belle & Wissell designed and developed these touch-screen interactives to provide a deeper understanding of the incredible processes utilized in the making of this film.

The Plant Designer empowers visitors to create their own Pandora plant by selecting bases, stalks, and upper parts (as well as controlled coloring and sizing). Once the designs are complete, they are added to a database and presented on passive displays. They continuously cycle from the massive set of plants and shift between day and night modes (revealing each plant’s bioluminescence).

The Avatar Sound Designer encourages users to control elements of the film’s multi-layered soundtrack to highlight the techniques that are utilized to bring emotion and excitement to the final production.

The Na’vi Cultural Video experience reveals behind-the-scenes approaches in building the Na’vi culture including costuming, linguistics, and more.

©Twentieth Century Fox, All Right Reserved.

Project Accolades:

The New York Times “Field Station Pandora,” 2013
Wired “Avatar the Exhibition at the Liberty Science Center,” 2013
The Seattle Times
“‘Avatar’ and its blue moon land at Seattle’s EMP | SFM,” 2012