A műemlékek sokszínűsége (A 28. Egri Nyári Egyetem előadásai 1998 Eger, 1998)

Előadások / Presentations - MEZŐS Tamás: What in german is known as „Bodendenkmalschutz”

produces spectacular images of exhibits featuring remains from ancient times. For teenagers accustomed to the sophistication of virtual reality, however, even clever photographs do not stimulate much interest: they still just show worn-down, broken old stones. They are no match for the almost grotesque Emperor's City of the Gallic Asterix and Obelix, and come nowhere near lifelike computer simulations. Technology may be able to help lift the conflict between public demands for lifelike presentation and professional anxieties about reconstruction. The textbook example of informing the public in the 1970s was the large map baked into clay tablets showing the whole plan of the civil town in Aquincum, with smaller plans on every insula corner showing only that block. The almost three decades since then have brought great changes in this area in Europe. In Carnunlum (Petronell, Austria), we produced under the direction of Dr Hajnóczy reconstructed plans of all of the civil town's buildings. Within a year following the completion of the work we could see our plans etched on to aluminium signs with text in two languages. All over Western Europe the buildings exhibited have guidebooks produced for them with pictorial reconstructions and informative text. Many places feature an informative mock-up of the original building. In Italy and France, designers almost vie with each other in creating the most imaginative information signs. In the protective building over the therma in the Bliesbruck-Reinheim European Culture Park, ground plans have been „popped out" of 10 mm glass panels. The ingenious lighting of the panels produces a work of visual art in itself. In this country we have a long way to go in this area. Books about Roman monuments include Hajnóczi's Pannónia római romjain (Pannonia's Roman remains), long since out of print, and the little book Pannónia Antiqua, published under the series entitled Itinerarium Hungaricum, edited with Gyula Hajnóczi. The enthusiasm and selfless work of archaeologists and the support of two ministries, the City of Budapest and the Hungarian Book Foundation have assisted this book, richly illustrated with colour photographs and diagrams, to be produced in three languages. The efforts of the amateur authors (editors: Hajnóczy and Mezős) have not even succeeded in the book becoming available in every monument where there is cashier. It is in the area of information that we can achieve the greatest results with the least investment. In Hungary the plan of nearly every Roman monument has been reconstructed. Animated reconstructions usin| computer technology could be an extremely effective means presenting an accurate picture of life in the 2 and 3

rd centuries. We must strive to avoid a repeat of the grotesque situation of European grant money being used to engage foreign computer experts to produce a visual presentation of Roman monuments based on Hungarian architects' reconstructions - even if of a monument not on modem Hungarian territory - and using the advice of these same Hungarian architects. The assets represented by the remains of Hadrian's governor's palace, for instance, would be greatly enhanced if in addition to a mock-up, there was a reconstruction which could be „visited from inside." The costs of complete reconstruction of the palace - so often put forward as a viable proposal - cannot be compared with the few hundred thousand forints for a 3-5 minute animation with the additional virtue of being capable of continuous correction and expansion as research advances.