The Derwent Project

The Derwent project is a collaboration between artists David Stephenson and Martin Walch; it visualises in new ways the complex natural and cultural history of Tasmania’s Derwent River system. This vast and often inaccessible environment includes Aboriginal and colonial heritage alongside ten hydroelectric developments; its multiple layers of space and time present opportunities to synthesise artistic and scientific paradigms of representation by drawing on geography, history, and archaeology. The visual outcomes will be new forms of immersive time-based digital imaging that evocatively reveal hidden layers of environmental information to both specialist and general audiences, by creating the first immersive 360º representation of an entire river system.
The aim of the Derwent project is to produce a new aesthetic of experiencing a multilayered landscape over time, conveying its rich layering of information with clarity and impact. This is being achieved through the development of a highly portable means of image and sound capture that creates a powerful immersive representation of an intimate experience of remote environments; a means of layering additional environmental and historical information within these immersive representations; and a display approach that can cost-effectively present these immersive experiences in a range of different exhibition spaces

德温特项目（Derwent project）由艺术家戴维·斯蒂芬森（David Stephenson）与马丁·瓦尔奇（Martin Walch）联合发起，旨在以全新视角呈现塔斯马尼亚州德温特河水系复杂的自然与人文历史。这片广袤且多难以抵达的区域，不仅留存有原住民与殖民时期的文化遗产，还分布着十座水力发电设施；其多层级的时空结构，为融合地理学、历史学与考古学领域的艺术与科学表征范式提供了可能。该项目的视觉成果将采用新型沉浸式时序数字成像形式，通过打造全球首个完整水系的沉浸式360°全景表征方案，生动地向专业与普通受众揭示环境信息中潜藏的多层维度。
德温特项目的核心目标，是构建一种可随时间流转感知多层级地貌的全新审美体验，并以清晰且富有冲击力的方式传递其丰富的信息层级。该目标将通过三大路径实现：一是研发高度便携的图像与声音采集方案，以沉浸式形式生动还原人们在偏远环境中的亲身体验；二是开发可在这类沉浸式表征中叠加额外环境与历史信息的技术手段；三是搭建一套可在各类展览空间中低成本呈现此类沉浸式体验的展示方案。