The exhibition titled "Master of Okoličné and Gothic Art of Spiš around 1500" centred around the concept of the mysterious 'Master' about whom little is known besides the remarkable works from his workshop. We built on this concept by inviting visitors to enter the workshop of the Master and taking the role of the 'Apprentice of Okolicne'. In a short and playful experience, visitors work actively with segments of the digitised artworks to create their own gothic composition.

With the first two layers in place, the apprentice now moves on to freely assemble a scene by dragging in figures and objects and manually manipulating them via intuitive gestures. Figures can be freely positioned, scaled, rotated, mirrored and visitors can control which elements appear on top of others. The entire process is explained through a short demo video:

Once satisfied with their creation, the apprentice signs their creation with their name via an gothic-style typing interface (typical for the early 16th century). They are also able to leave their email address to enter a competition for the best composition and receive updates related to the exhibition.

Submitted composition enter the gallery, where visitors can browse and be inspired by the creations of others. Similar to the way the 'Master of Okoličné' is represented by a sophisticated letter 'M', in the gallery the apprentices are immortalised by their initials.

Compositions are also automatically posted to the Apprentice of Okoličné instagram account, where 779 posts have acquired a total of 1152 likes during the 3 months of the exhibition.