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Acoustiguide
Opens Inclusive Audio Tours at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New
York, NY - In August 2003, Acoustiguide unveiled inclusive
Family and Adult audio tours at the inauguration of the new
Ogden Museum
of Southern Art. Located in downtown New Orleans, it is the
nation’s first museum dedicated to an exploration of the art
and culture of the American South. The Museum, a
Smithsonian affiliate, displays some of the region’s highest
cultural achievements -- a visual equivalent to the literature
and music for which the American South has long been known
worldwide. The Ogden Museum focuses on the 20th century,
with artists represented from the Mississippi Delta to the urban
centers of Atlanta and New Orleans.
Adult
Tour
The
Adult audio tour, which is distributed to every visitor, represents a
range of voices from the South. The principal guide is
artist Benny Andrews, one of the South’s most important
artists, born and raised in Plainview, Georgia. It also
features curator David Houston, from South Carolina, the
Museum’s Director, Rick Gruber, from Louisville, Kentucky, as
well as other living artists, such as Elemore Morgan Jr.,
Jeffrey Cook, and William Dunlap, their colleagues, and progeny.
The tour also includes archival recordings of artists such as
Eudora Welty.
The
Museum’s current installation is arranged chronologically and
thematically to reflect major trends in Southern art since 1890.
Unlike most traditional audio tours for permanent installations
that focus solely on individual works, the Ogden’s tour
provides an overview of each of the major galleries, and some of
the signature works within them. The tours are delivered on
state-of-the-art, MP3 Acoustiguide 2000 audio players.
Family
Tour
Acoustiguide
collaborated with the Ogden on the creation of two young
characters, Elva Louise and Max, who will serve as
spokeschildren for the Museum in the years to come. Their
images and words will be featured in an ambitious publishing and
public programs scheme devised by the Ogden that will include
special signage, events, curricula, and even kids books and
multimedia. Elva Louise and Max make their debut in the
Acoustiguide tour, which helped transform a mere concept into
three-dimensional talking characters with fully developed
backgrounds and personalities. Acoustiguide and the Ogden
cast children from a local theatre troupe to give the tour an
authentic regional sound. Young listeners identify stops on the
tour that were produced for them with icons of the two children.
About
Acoustiguide
More
than 45 years ago, Acoustiguide invented the audio tour, and the
company has remained at the leading edge of creativity and
technology ever since. Acoustiguide provides audio programs for
museums, heritage and historic sites, tourism attractions, zoos,
aquaria and corporate clients in 22 countries around the
world. Acoustiguide offers complete creative and production
services, the most advanced audio technology and comprehensive
on-site management. For more information, visit www.acoustiguide.com.
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