Eline Jongsma and Kelly O'Neill
XR-History Festival 2024
Workshop
Format
Workshop
Event Information
History is not only told in books. Our past catches up with us in blockbuster games like Wolfenstein, Assassins Creed, or Call of Duty. It meets us in memes and posts on social media, is often the subject of media arts in museums, in extended reality projects, and is part of our everyday pop culture world. Immersive media are changing and expanding our notions and interpretations of space and time, and thus the axes with which we construct and interpret history.
With the XR-History Festival, we celebrate the diversity of memory culture and demonstrate how through digital engagement with history, we can discuss and establish a better present and future. The XR History Award is a prize initiated every two years by the eCommemoration program of the Körber-Stiftung. It honors projects that utilize immersive technologies to explore artistic approaches in historical storytelling, history communication, or memory culture. It is currently the only award for digital art that explicitly deals with projects interweaving past, present, and future.
The XR-History Award will be presented this year on June 6th during the XR-History Festival at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg. As part of the event, the winners of the XR History Festival 2024 will offer a workshop at the SCHOOL OF SURVIVAL.
Short biography
Eline Jongsma is a Dutch film director and artist. She is part of the filmmaking duo Jongsma + O'Neill. For over a decade, Jongsma + O'Neill have been initiating and directing non-fiction projects, including films, TV shows, interactive documentaries, and VR experiences. With their project "Loot. 10 Stories," they won the XR History Award 2024.
Kel O'Neill is an American film director, artist, and actor. He is part of the filmmaking duo Jongsma + O'Neill. For over a decade, Jongsma + O'Neill have been initiating and directing non-fiction projects, including films, TV shows, interactive documentaries, and VR experiences. With their project "Loot. 10 Stories," they won the XR History Award 2024.
Location
SCHOOL OF SURVIVAL, Hall for Contemporary Art
Language
English
Information for participants
The so-called SURVIVAL PASS, which can be obtained free of charge on request when you first enter the exhibition, allows unlimited free access to the exhibition and participation in the SCHOOL OF SURVIVAL.
Prior registration is not required. Once the 35 slots for the SCHOOL OF SURVIVAL are filled, the course is considered full. Please arrive on time accordingly. For group visits with more than 8 people, we kindly request prior arrangement via besuch@deichtorhallen.de.
All offerings of the SCHOOL OF SURVIVAL can be attended without prior knowledge. Materials will be provided on-site unless otherwise specified. Feel free to bring personal materials that are important to you for the workshop.