INTERFERENCE
Analyse critique de lāexpĆ©rience de visite au sein dāun espace patrimonial Ā
Le cas de la Co-cathĆ©dral Saint Jean de La Valette Ć Malte
Sabrina Mazigh I Gaƫtan Le Coarer
Se situant au cÅur de la Valette, la Co-cathĆ©drale St John Baptiste se structure au travers dāune stratification culturelle fondant lāidentitĆ© de Malte. Par lāinfluence des civilisations du pourtour mĆ©diterranĆ©en, lāarchitecture, lāesthĆ©tique, les stratĆ©gies mĆ©diatiques forment un ensemble hybride et homogĆØne du lieu et du local.
A partir dāun dispositif immersif en VR, nous focalisons notre intĆ©rĆŖt sur lāexpĆ©rience de visite de ce lieu emblĆ©matique quāest la Co-cathĆ©drale. En partant dāun Ć©tat des lieux de ce local, nous avons pu faire une observation multiple permettant de voir les diffĆ©rentes facettes de cet espace. En commenƧant par lāexploitation des supports mĆ©diatiques, nous avons constatĆ© quāil existe une pluralitĆ© de ces derniers (audioguide, Ć©crans, dĆ©pliant, projection de film etc.). Ils sont dispersĆ©s dans toute la Co-cathĆ©dral sous une forme transmĆ©diatique et linĆ©aire cherchant Ć faciliter la visite. Ces dispositifs, contraignant toute la dĆ©ambulation du milieu, perturbent la dĆ©couverte de la Co-cathĆ©dral dans la mesure oĆ¹ le visiteur se trouve attachĆ©, voire menottĆ© par son appareil personnel, lāaudioguide et les autres supports qui lāentourent, ce qui trouble / dĆ©tache son intĆ©gration et son adaptation dans lāespace.
Dans ce sens, lāinterfĆ©rence de ces divers supports mĆ©diatiques laisse le corps de lāutilisateur distanciĆ© par rapport Ć son expĆ©rience de sa visite mĆŖme. ApprĆ©hender cette interfĆ©rence, non plus comme un Ć©lĆ©ment par dĆ©faut produit par la simple multiplicitĆ© de dispositif nous amĆØne Ć penser une cartographie sensible. Cette derniĆØre permet de redessiner lāexpĆ©rience de visite, en jouant sur un modĆØle multiculturel maltais et sur lāespace interfĆ©rĆ©.
Notre dispositif vise Ć pĆ©nĆ©trer la chair de lāinterfĆ©rence afin dāinvestir, grĆ¢ce Ć une stratĆ©gie innovante, un nouvel espace immersif portant le patrimoine culturel i/matĆ©riel (au seuil du matĆ©riel et de lāimmatĆ©riel).
Mots-clƩs : Cartographie Sensible, Patrimoine Culturel MatƩriel et ImmatƩriel, Public-Visiteur, ExpƩrience-Utilisateur, InterfƩrences, Dispositif Immersif, VR
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Critical analysis of the visiting experience within a heritage space Ā
The case of Saint John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta
Sabrina Mazigh I Gaƫtan Le Coarer
Located in the heart of Valletta, St John the Baptist Co-Cathedral is structured through a cultural stratification that forms the basis of Malta's identity. Through the influence of the civilisations of the Mediterranean, the architecture, aesthetics and media strategies form a hybrid and homogeneous whole of the place and the local.
From an immersive VR device, we focus our interest on the experience of visiting this emblematic place that is the Co-cathedral. Starting with an inventory of the premises, we were able to make a multiple observation allowing us to see the different facets of this space. Starting with the use of media supports, we found that there is a variety of media (audio guides, screens, leaflets, film projections, etc.). They are scattered throughout the Co-cathedral in a transmedia and linear form that seeks to facilitate the visit. These devices, which constrain the whole of the environment, disrupt the discovery of the Co-cathedral insofar as the visitor finds himself attached, or even handcuffed, by his personal device, the audioguide and the other supports that surround him, which disrupts / detaches his integration and adaptation in the space.
In this sense, the interference of these various media supports leaves the user's body distanced from the experience of the visit itself. Understanding this interference, no longer as a default element produced by the simple multiplicity of devices, leads us to think of a sensitive cartography. The latter allows us to redraw the experience of the visit, by playing on a Maltese multicultural model and on the interfered space.
Our device aims at penetrating the flesh of the interference in order to invest, thanks to an innovative strategy, a new immersive space carrying the i/material cultural heritage (at the threshold of the material and the immaterial).
From an immersive VR device, we focus our interest on the experience of visiting this emblematic place that is the Co-cathedral. Starting with an inventory of the premises, we were able to make a multiple observation allowing us to see the different facets of this space. Starting with the use of media supports, we found that there is a variety of media (audio guides, screens, leaflets, film projections, etc.). They are scattered throughout the Co-cathedral in a transmedia and linear form that seeks to facilitate the visit. These devices, which constrain the whole of the environment, disrupt the discovery of the Co-cathedral insofar as the visitor finds himself attached, or even handcuffed, by his personal device, the audioguide and the other supports that surround him, which disrupts / detaches his integration and adaptation in the space.
In this sense, the interference of these various media supports leaves the user's body distanced from the experience of the visit itself. Understanding this interference, no longer as a default element produced by the simple multiplicity of devices, leads us to think of a sensitive cartography. The latter allows us to redraw the experience of the visit, by playing on a Maltese multicultural model and on the interfered space.
Our device aims at penetrating the flesh of the interference in order to invest, thanks to an innovative strategy, a new immersive space carrying the i/material cultural heritage (at the threshold of the material and the immaterial).
Keywords: Sensitive Mapping, Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage, Public-Visitor, User-Experience, Interference, Immersive Device, VR
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