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The AUDIOVERSUM is a Science Center (science museum) in Innsbruck , Tyrol , Austria , which makes scientific relationships and medical-technical developments in hearing implant technology interactively tangible and understandable. The aim is to increase awareness of the importance of hearing for communication, quality of life and human development. The exhibits are interactive, enable self-determined learning, do not require any prior knowledge and have a playful component.

History of origin

The science museum was created on the initiative of MED-EL , the international manufacturer of hearing implant systems in direct cooperation with the city of Innsbruck. As a science center, it combines medicine, technology, education and art. Multimedia installations, developed in cooperation with the renowned Ars Electronica Center Linz, invite you to participate and sharpen your senses.

After three years of planning and construction, the Mayor of Innsbruck, Christine Oppitz-Plörer, handed over the former premises of the “Kammerlichtspiele” to the company MED-EL and the association “Free Theater Innsbruck” in autumn 2012 .

The Science Museum opened on January 30, 2013 after one and a half years of planning, developing the exhibits and realizing the exhibition concept.

In the context of special exhibitions under the categories Heard, Known and Heard, Seen, the focus is on targeted knowledge transfer and contemporary formats.

Furnishing

  • Permanent exhibition "The adventure of hearing"
  • Company exhibition "MED-EL World"
  • additional exhibition areas for special exhibitions
  • Workshop for workshops and children's birthdays
  • 1500 m 2 of exhibition space
  • Shop HÖR-BAR

Architecture concept

The exhibition architecture takes up the soundscape in terms of shape and color as well as the materials used. Soft and organic materials such as felt optimize the acoustics. Plastered plasterboard walls create spatially delimited scenarios and guide through the exhibition. The use of soft and neutral colors from gray to white creates a neutral room. This makes it possible to stage individual objects with light accents and to connect exhibition areas through the use of color. The indirect lighting along the exhibition floor plan also creates a spatial bracket and a uniform feeling of space.

Exhibits

Screaming room in audio verse
Binaural game in audio verse
Auditory cortex in the audio verse
Hair cells in the audio verse

The exhibits in the permanent exhibition “Hearing Adventure” were developed in collaboration with the project partner Ars Electronica , a future and technology company.

18 exhibits and installations invite you to hear, see and be amazed: a virtual journey through the human ear, the functioning of bone sound, the discovery of an urban soundscape when stepping on the stairs ("sound staircase") or empathizing with a hearing impairment are interactive , multimedia and conveyed in a didactic way:

  • Screaming room : At the beginning of the exhibition, visitors have the opportunity to measure the strength of their own voice in a closed screaming room. A scale shows the comparison with the loudness of animals.
  • Binaural game : Here spatial hearing is sensitized in a simple and entertaining way. The participants follow the chirping played through headphones and try to locate and free the birds.
  • Auditory cortex : one sound and many associations. How are acoustic signals ultimately interpreted in the brain? An artistic translation of this is provided by the auditory cortex station, which conveys these complex processes in the human hearing center to visitors.
  • Hair cell music : Visitors can play a melody by touching oversized hair cells modeled on the human original. To simulate how hearing impairment due to the loss of hair cells affects the hearing, different frequency ranges can be activated or deactivated by bending the hair cells.

Extensions

  • 2016 - "Brain" exhibit in collaboration with MEVIS-Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing
  • 2017 - Sound installation Audiospace in collaboration with Stefan Zaradić (composer and music producer)
  • 2018 - Singing Wall with LIGHTSCORES technology
  • 2020 - Keep your Balance: a balance game on the vestibular organ
  • 2020 - Sound Gallery: an audio installation framed by visual art

Special exhibitions

  • 2014: Sounds of Space: Exhibition cooperation with the Austrian Space Forum
  • 2015: How animals hear: Exhibition cooperation with the Innsbruck Alpine Zoo
  • 2016: Illusions - Deception of the senses
  • 2017: Fascination with color: traveling exhibition at the Carl Bosch Museum in Heidelberg
  • 2017: Adventure Earth: Exhibition cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Ars Electronica
  • 2018: Worlds of Smell: Exhibition cooperation with L'IDEATORIO of the Università della Svizzera Italiana / Lugano
  • 2018: Super brain: conception and realization by Dr. Eckhard Schulz, Senior Advisor of AUDIOVERSUM
  • 2019: Mathe x Anders: Traveling exhibition of the Mathematikum in Giessen
  • 2019: LISTENED AND SEEN: Listen to us! with photos set to music by Lukas M. Hüller
  • 2019: BELONG TO KNOW: How much prehistoric times are you ?: Traveling exhibition by the Kulturama in Zurich
  • 2020: HARD TO KNOW: Out of Control - What the internet knows about you: Exhibition cooperation with Ars Electronica Solutions

facts and figures

The overall usage concept was worked out by the developer IIG (Innsbrucker Immobiliengesellschaft) together with the Innsbruck municipal cultural office and the MED-EL company.

  • Start of construction: April 2011
  • Completion: autumn 2012
  • Opening: January 30, 2013
  • Usable area (including general areas): approx. 1,500 m²
  • Visitor numbers since opening: 249,997 (as of June 23, 2020)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b A common home to “hear” and “be amazed” Official bulletin “Innsbruck informs” from July 7, 2011, accessed on October 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ Press - basic information. In: AUDIOVERSUM - Adventure Hearing. Retrieved October 10, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ The premises were ceremoniously handed over. Official bulletin "Innsbruck informs" of August 28, 2012, accessed on October 3, 2017
  4. ↑ AUDIOVERSUM - A world of hearing that is unique in Europe is opened Bezirksblätter Innsbruck online from February 1, 2013, accessed on October 3, 2017
  5. ↑ The heartbeat of the ant in the ear Tiroler Tageszeitung from January 31, 2013, accessed on March 3, 2020
  6. ↑ Press - basic information. In: AUDIOVERSUM - Adventure Hearing. Retrieved October 10, 2019 (German).
  7. ↑ Main exhibition DAS ABENTEUER HÖREN WebSite AUDIOVERSUM, accessed on October 3, 2017
  8. ↑ When the brain glows , PM Fraunhofer, July 26, 2016, accessed October 3, 2017
  9. ^ Zara Production
  10. ↑ Singing Wall - Premiere at AUDIOVERSUM. In: AUDIOVERSUM - Adventure Hearing. August 24, 2018, accessed October 10, 2019 (German).
  11. ↑ KEEP YOUR BALANCE. In: Audioversum. April 12, 2020, accessed on June 23, 2020 (German).
  12. ↑ main exhibition. In: Audioversum. Retrieved on June 23, 2020 (German).
  13. ^ Special exhibition "Sounds of Space" , PM ÖWF from December 11, 2013, accessed on October 3, 2017
  14. ↑ Special exhibition "How animals hear" , ORF from August 13, 2015, accessed on October 3, 2017
  15. ↑ The brain cannot defend itself against it Tiroler Tageszeitung from March 15, 2016, accessed on March 5, 2020
  16. ↑ Special exhibition "Fascination Color". In: AUDIOVERSUM - Adventure Hearing. March 17, 2017, accessed October 10, 2019 (German).
  17. ↑ Special exhibition "Adventure Earth". In: AUDIOVERSUM - Adventure Hearing. May 10, 2017, accessed on October 10, 2019 (German).
  18. ↑ Always follow your nose. In: AUDIOVERSUM - Adventure Hearing. February 16, 2018, accessed October 10, 2019 (German).
  19. ↑ The brain, the networked think tank. In: AUDIOVERSUM - Adventure Hearing. May 23, 2018, accessed October 10, 2019 (German).
  20. ↑ Math x Different. In: AUDIOVERSUM - Adventure Hearing. May 3, 2019, accessed on October 10, 2019 (German).
  21. ↑ LISTENED, SEEN - LISTEN TO US! In: AUDIOVERSUM - Adventure Hearing. September 13, 2019, accessed on October 10, 2019 (German).
  22. ↑ LISTENED TO KNOW - How much prehistoric times are you? In: AUDIOVERSUM - Adventure Hearing. September 16, 2019, accessed on October 10, 2019 (German).
  23. ↑ YOU KNOW: Out of Control. In: Audioversum. Retrieved on June 23, 2020 (German).

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