Queen Maud's Album - Royal Palace Oslo, Norway

Queen Maud's Album is 2 a year-long exhibit that opened in July 2017 as part of the new Queen Sonja "Art Stable" at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway. King Harald V and Queen Sonja transformed the Royal Stables into an art gallery that will have new exhibits on display each year.

Tellart, in partnership with the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo and the Royal Collections Team created the Queen Maud's Album exhibit as a gift from the Norwegian Government to the King and Queen, on the occasion of their 80th birthdays. The exhibit is in honor of Queen Maud who along with Queen Sonja are the only two queens to rule Norway since the country's independence in 1905. Queen Maud's Album explores her majesty's visual universe during her reign from over 44 albums of photographic archives she left.

The exhibit is installed in the Royal Stables' Hay Tower and features photographs with Queen Maud both in front of and behind the camera. Queen Maud was a passionate equestrian who expanded and remodeled the Royal Stables from 1908-1911, which remains the current design today. The exhibit showcases six themes highlighting Queen Maud's life and work: The Coronation, The Joys of Winter, The Gala, Riding, In Merry Company, and Summer Life.

Each theme is introduced by a 3D scanned rendering of one of Queen Maud's fashion ensembles, accompanied by numerous photographs exploring the corresponding theme. The costumes were scanned using a technique called Photogrammetry, which allowed the digitizations to showcase the intricate and beautiful details of the historic wardrobe. In the exhibit experience, the digitized costumes and photographs are projected in 4K on a large screen accompanied by 11.1 surround sound.

Credits:

Tellart - concept, design and direction
in collaboration with the National Museum and The Royal Collections

National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Hilde Herming - project manager
Anne Qvale - curatorial team
Jahn-Fredrik Sjøvik - technical adviser
Anniken Thue - artistic adviser
Per Odd Bakke - project owner

The Royal Collections
Ingeborg Lønning - curatorial team
Jan Haug - curatorial team

Extended project team National Museum
Sissel Myhrvold - conservator
Annar Bjørgli - photographer
Vidar Ibenfeldt - photography archivist
Thea Tønnesen - photography archivist
Eva Amine Wold Engeset - communications adviser

Extended project team Tellart
Woodblock - animation
Henrik Skram - composer
Idee und Klang - sound design
Mark Florquin - photogrammetry
Neumann & Müller - av consultant
Bright - av consultant

Snøhetta
Henrik Haugan - brochure design

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