Shared Realities | IDFA DocLab (lead applicant)

The Shared Realities consortium launches a living lab to research and develop collective immersive experiences and a physical and sustainable exhibition culture for emerging forms of immersive art. The consortium focuses on exploring and researching collective immersive storytelling, strengthening the ecosystem for co-production and distribution, and engaging audiences through shared experiences.

Creators, producers, curators, distributors, and researchers work together to further develop an emerging practice and generate knowledge through an interconnected process. Organised around intersecting tracks — creation and prototyping, reflection and interpretation, and documentation and dissemination — the activities develop applicable knowledge, stimulate sustainable exhibition practices, and increase the international profile of Dutch immersive artists (artists that are part of the consortium as well as artists engaged via an open call). The tracks will be staged towards the annual International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.

Consortium partners: IDFA DocLab | Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | POPKRAFT | Polymorf | Studio Biarritz | WeMakeVR | ARTIS Planetarium | ALLLESSS (Ali Eslami) | Ado Ato Pictures (Tamara Shogaolu) | Cassette (Nu:Reality) | MIT Open Doc Lab | PHI (IMM-Pact)