Carl Nielsen Museum
The Carl Nielsen Museum in Odense is a tribute to Denmark's most famous composer and a musical experience where you can playfully immerse yourself in Carl Nielsen's world with music at the center.
In collaboration with experts from the University of Copenhagen, Event Communications from England, and Coda to Coda, Stouenborg has been responsible for the exhibition's technical aspects, consisting of three rooms with different themes. The rooms are delicately linked together with lighting that is activated at specific times and guides the audience from place to place.
The most essential object in the museum is music. Therefore, the design and execution of the exhibition's countless auditory elements have been particularly important for the overall experience, where music is visually supported by projections and lighting. The task has been complex, as sound, video and light have had to play together and be synchronized so that no elements drown out each other in the story of the composer's contrasting life.
At the exhibition's first stop, key moments from Carl Nielsen's life are shown on a three-sided video projection, while you are surrounded by sound from all sides and the ceiling. The sound is delivered by 12 Genelec speakers, which together create an abstract soundscape that is a story.
Further into the exhibition, visitors delve deeper into the composer's life by lifting, turning, and opening objects to activate music. Among other things, they will find a self-playing piano, where the keys move in sync with the music. To enhance the experience, the system is designed so that sound is only activated from one element at a time in the same zone. Here too, a Genelec system is used, supported by Panphonics Sound Shower and K-Array Lyzard line arrays.
The exhibition's final stop offers immersion in a 12-minute composition surrounded by fabric-covered light boxes with Martin VC-Dot LED lights, which create an intimate atmosphere and underpin the musical experience.
All installations are controlled using a Pharos system, which can be easily operated via a simple touchscreen. Since everything is network-based, the system can be serviced remotely.
We have also worked on other installations, including FLUGT—Refugee Museum of Denmark and Christian IV's Bryghouse museum. You can read about other projects we have been integrators on here.