EuropeanaTech will organize a webinar bringing attention to a topic previously uncovered by EuropeanaTech but one that’s highly relevant: acoustics and the preservation and presentation of historic acoustic spaces. Acoustic analysis is nothing new. It’s been around for millennia, just think of a Greek amphitheater or any cathedral; these spaces are purposefully designed to amplify and control sound. And today, measuring, recording, analyzing and modifying spaces to ensure perfect acoustics is widely practiced, consider any modern concert hall, for instance.

These techniques and technologies offer endless opportunities for cultural heritage as well. Firstly, from a preservation point of view. For example, researchers across the world are recording and documenting the acoustic profile of historic spaces to ensure that their characteristics can live on should these spaces be demolished, altered or sadly, destroyed whether by conflict or climate change. Secondly, once these spaces are documented, modern technologies can allow the sound of these spaces to be reused by musicians and sound designers without them having to visit these specific sites or they can be presented in different virtual exhibitions, offering visitors the opportunity to exist in these historic spaces from their own home with just a pair of a headphones. Lastly, as more research is compiled, much like 3D imaging technology and AI offer, we will be able to recreate the sound of specific historic sites that no longer exist.

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