Arotahi | Focus

A mindful viewing experience using the art and taonga from the collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

The web app pans slowly across images with an immersive soundtrack, for deep contemplation.

Web app prototype

Arotahi | Focus

Shortcut link: http://bit.ly/Arotahi

Usage

The web pages display images accessed via Te Papa's Collections API.

The arotahiview.html page accepts querystring parameters to customise the experience:

• categoryid - id of a group record in the API
• id - id of a media record in the API
• iiif - URL of a IIIF image (instead of the id parameter)
• audio - URL of an MP3 audio file to play as 'sparkle'
• speed - pan speed (1-100, default: 2)

Requires

• Pīwakawaka - image controller
• Sonifier - sound generator
• OpenSeadragon - IIIF image viewer
• Tone.js - sound player
• NoSleep.js - fullscreen viewer
• jQuery

Licence

This project is licensed under the MIT Licence - see the LICENSE file for details