In 1862 Christian Schussele painted "Men of Progress" to recognize scientists and inventors who "had altered the course of contemporary civilization". In BGP’s exhibit, a visitor taps any of the figures in the painting, and a kinetic silent animation is triggered which illustrates the subject's contribution.
SMITHSONIAN KIOSK SCREENSAVER: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE / MEN OF PROGRESS; client HISTORY & SMITHSONIAN; executive producers SUSAN E. LEVENTHAL & LIBBY H. O'CONNELL; producer & director BENJAMIN GOLDMAN; supervising producer ALISON GUSS; written by BENJAMIN GOLDMAN & DANIEL GAMBURG; illustrations DAVID NAVAS & ELIZABETH HAIDLE; animation BENJAMIN GOLDMAN & JASON CARPENTER; assistant animation MILES MARTINEZ; technical director DAN EVERSON; interactive programming JUSTIN WHITE; project manager KIRSTEN YOUNG.
Samuel F. B. Morse, 1791–1872
William Thomas Greene Morton, 1819–1868
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