Three multimedia rooms that will be screened documentaries on the life of St. Francis, the basilicas, and the friars of Assisi, five multimedia workstations, two giant screens of 10 square meters, three touch screen and a 3D screen where the first documentary will be screened in 3D the life of the Sacred Convent of Assisi. Are the numbers of FRAME, which stands for Franciscan Media, which was inaugurated on 5th October by the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, in Assisi in the structure - located in front of the Basilica of St. Francis - which already hosts the Press Room of the Sacred Convent.
"The idea of the Franciscan community - developed and manufactured by Capware, a leader in innovative communication of cultural heritage - is to offer the millions of pilgrims who come to Assisi - said the director of the press, father Enzo Fortunato -'' a multimedia media to serve as an introduction to the visit of the Basilica and the works of St. Francis and the Franciscan Friars: the pilgrims will be able to attend and participate together in a variety of multimedia and interactive stories that will make them more aware and involved in the Spirit of Assisi ''.
The digital revolution has landed in Assisi definitively. After the birth of MUMA, the first missionary museum multimedia in Europe, opened by the Capuchin Friars two years ago, it was the turn of the Friars Minor who give life to "Frame", the first Franciscan media library. Will be managed by the religious community of the Sacred Convent of Assisi and set up in front of the Lower Basilica of St. Francis. Today, November 18th, has been blessed and on this occasion has been screened, in 'special room set up for viewing in 3D, the first three-dimensional movie on the life of the friars of the local Franciscan community.
The media also has salt and multimedia workstations that will be seen documentary on the life of St. Francis, on the history of the basilicas, and the convent of the friars of Assisi. Thanks to the touch screen and the screens of ten square meters, you can see the cycle of frescoes by Giotto and Cimabue on the life of St. Francis. Great attention was also given to scholars and experts and 'it can access the archives digitized. Eight centuries of history to them.
The media offers the millions of pilgrims who come to Assisi - is written in a statement of the Sacred Convent - even a video introduction to the visit of the Basilica and the life of St. Francis.
"Frame" is a futuristic and ambitious project, but the success of MUMA, which is only one hundred meters from the Basilica Superiore, bodes well. The multimedia museum cappuccino has some thousands of visitors per month, and the birth of "Frame" will allow pilgrims a real multimedia path in Franciscanism.
The objective undercurrent is clear: the digital revolution is in the new device and in the hands of the younger generation with a touch screen of a tablet travel, play, buy, study. find out. St. Francis spoke to the birds, eight centuries ago. Will deal well with a touch of the XXI century.
