Funding supporters of the Hawke's Bay Museum and Art Gallery development will have their names digitally recorded through a unique interactive artwork.
The names of people who donate from $25 upwards will be used to "construct" a digital image of the museum's new wing development on a website developed by two digital technology experts at the Edinburgh School of Art.
Chris Speed and Duncan Shingleton created the fundraising image for the museum project's website www.forus.org.nz after linking up with the fundraising and communications team heading the redevelopment.
"Chris and Duncan's insight has enabled us to develop an artwork that will elegantly record the donations of hundreds of families and individuals from Hawke's Bay and around the world," Mayor Barbara Arnott said.
"This is a fun way to get families and community involved in creating a fabulous home for Hawke's Bay's collection of treasure."
The digital artwork Text Block, developed from the idea that the redevelopment of the Hawke's Bay Museum and Art Gallery is being "built" by people, and that contributions to its construction should be represented as people and not traditional building components.
"We hope that for the many people who donate to the project that seeing their name as a key element to the building will help them feel they are a part of the building," Mr Shingleton said.
Once the fundraising was complete the artwork would be projected in the completed museum and art gallery.
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