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British Museum: China's Terracotta army
 
British Museum: China's Terracotta army   British Museum: China's Terracotta army   British Museum: China's Terracotta army   British Museum: China's Terracotta army   British Museum: China's Terracotta army
 
The British Museum
The First Emperor: China's Terracotta army
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The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army explores one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century, giving an insight into China’s First Emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, and his legacy.

The exhibition included a number of the world-famous terracotta warriors from Xi'an, China, which were buried alongside the First Emperor in readiness for the afterlife.

The exhibition is presented in a temporary conversion of the famous round reading room in the centre of the museum. This enormous space has a 5 metre high cyclorama running around the whole space, which is articulated with eleven video projections (displaying a seamless 180 degrees), and some gobo lighting.

The video is intended to deliver historic context and portray a sense of the real scale that can be experienced at the Terracotta Army Museum in Xi'an.

 
 
 
Project Details

Client
The British Museum

Designer
Metaphor

Services
Scriptwriting, archive research, copyright clearance, film editing and gobo effects

Overview
Multi-screen using 11 projections and the 'Watchout' multi-display software system.