LASALLE X Project Broken Barges: The Digital Shorelines

The project aims to engage a group of LASALLE students to develop a permanent heritage exhibition for Fernvale Community Center translating Broken Barges' archival research into an immersive public installation. Students will explore ways of making Seletar's archival materials, including historical photographs and oral stories, accessible and engaging for younger, digital-native audiences. To achieve this, students will select the existing archival materials for curated installation, storyboard narrative experiences that integrate physical artifacts with digital and XR layers and explore technological capabilities for the interactive installation by considering different XR technologies. Finally, students will prototype and user-test interactive elements to ensure the final exhibition effectively bridges the gap between historical archives and contemporary community engagement.

By the end of the project students should produce a comprehensive Curatorial Plan (10 pages maximum) for the permanent exhibition. This plan will provide thematic structure and interpretive framework, detailing the selection and sequencing of narratives from Broken Barges' archive. It will specify the integration of physical displays with digital and immersive XR elements to create a mixed-medium experience. The document will also outline interactive storytelling strategies, technical requirements, and a spatial layout for installation at Fernvale Community Center, ensuring the exhibition is both educationally robust and visually compelling for a diverse public audience.