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on this niche. My research uncovered the need to integrate
Norman Bel Geddes' contribution into our understanding of
modernist theatre history and within core educational curricula. By designing the Set-SPECTRUM project, I aimed to answer
the question of how new media technology can help in cultural heritage research-its production, storage and transfer.
By applying 3D visualization techniques as a methodological
practice, I seek to transform the ways to study the complicated
structure of The Divine Comedy set, strongly drawing upon the
original visual resources. The Set-SPECTRUM project attempts
to forge a middle ground between the present and the past of
this extraordinary stage-construction. While the project seeks
to be comprehensive, it does not intend to be exhaustive or
conclusive. Presented in a flexible digital format, it is open for
further development.

acknowledgements
The research for this paper was conducted at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Centre (HRC) in the University of
Texas at Austin in the USA. I extracted original data on Norman Bel Geddes and The Divine Comedy from Industrial
Design and Theater Files, 1873-1964 (bulk 1915-1958) and
Personal Files 1870-1959 (bulk 1930-1958). The Set-SPECTRUM project was created in collaboration with Eugeniya
Kareva and Sergej Salnikov.
All the data used in this paper, including photographs,
plans, drawings, and elevations, was extracted from original
sources according to the HRC guidelines. v
Dr. Iryna Kuksa is a research fellow in Interactive
Arts in the College of Art and Design, Nottingham
Trent University and a visiting lecturer in the School
of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of
Warwick, UK. She explores the role of multimedia in the
field of theatre studies and cultural heritage research,
investigating how novel methodologies, including 3D
reconstruction of historical artifacts, can be applied to
pedagogical practices.

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