Life and work of Noble prize winner Halldór Laxness
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Museum/site Laxness Museum Submitted by Gagarín and the Laxness Museum Developers |
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Project status
Completed
Project type
Touch-screen and larger screen
Start year
2003
End year
2004
Summary
Visitors at Gljúfrasteinn - Laxness museum (formerly the home of the writer), can access this engaging presentation illustrated with photographs and video footage on a touch-screen. Narration and text in Icelandic, English and Swedish. It is an interactive timeline covering the life and work of the famous writer, Halldor Laxness, Nobel prize for literature 1956. It is designed to meet the needs of both foreign visitors with little knowledge of the author or local visitors with in-depth knowledge of Laxness
Tech spec
Produced in Flash, presented on touch screens
Comments
Halldor Laxness lived almost the entire twentieth centure, from 1902-1998. The challenge was to tell his story to meet both the needs of foreign visitors with little knowledge of the author and local visitors with in depth knowledge of Laxness. Visitors should be able to get acquainted with the author and view his work in context to the historical events that affected the writer as he affected his environment, through interactive multimedia presentation.