The display
In North Yorkshire, we worked with colleagues at the Yorkshire Museum and local metal-detectorists on a co-curated display of items related to medieval religion, especially those that ordinary people would have owned as part of their everyday religious practices.
North & East Yorkshire Finds Liaison Officer, Becky Griffiths introduces the display at Yorkshire Museum. Video courtesy of York Museums Trust.
The animations
As part of this project, animation students from York St John University produced creative responses to the items destined for display. These were shown alongside the display. To highlight the work of everyone involved, a celebration event was organised at the Yorkshire Museum, featuring a talk by MeRit project lead Roberta Gilchrist, the premier screening of the student animations, and an opportunity to see the co-curated display.
Attendees were asked to vote for their favourite animations and although it was very difficult to choose for most, the three winners were:
Info-medi-vercial by Esme Oswin, Holy Moly by Robin Howard and Behind the glass by Tamar Birkett.
Here are twelve of the animations: