ON EXHIBITION: The Wandering Version by Jiahui(Jessie) Han

This project is an experimental 3D web interface and unsupervised algorithm for navigating museum artifacts across multi-dimensional metadata. In the current prototype, visitors can discover ‘nearby’ objects defined in the sense of date, theme, and location across 17 museums and galleries of the Smithsonian Institution. The algorithm is adaptable to both human-curated and machine-generated metadata. As an attempt to create an immersive and unique digital experience, this project is a counterexample to the notion that digital experience is seamless and 'infinite-scroll-able', and celebrates the materiality in the museum collections metadata.