Congratulations to our new Artistic Fellow Jens Isensee, who convinced our expert jury with his mixed reality project »Tauchgang« (wt)! In the interactive installation, he combines digital content with analogue objects made of disposable materials and sends users on a journey into the time after the Anthropocene. We are looking forward to the collaboration!
Website Jens Isensee: https://jensisensee.de/
From now on regularly! Every year, we offer two or three one-day XR Maker Spaces for creatives with previous knowledge. The first Maker Space at the end of 2023 was on the development of multiplayer projects in virtual reality, the second one will be on augmented reality in public space!
After each XR Maker Space, there will be an open access video tutorial published on our website, on Youtube and by our cooperation partner nachtkritik.plus.
The next two XR Maker Spaces will take place in autumn 2024!
This is amazing! Our preceding project XR_Unites (2020-23), which was also funded by the ERDF, was included in the “Fourth State Report on the Implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in and by Germany”.
Happy to announce that the augmented reality artist’s book »Señor Pulpo« —developed by Christina Sarli and the HTW developer André Selmanagić in 2020/21 in the AURORA production lab—has been selected as one of 7 projects (of 90) at the “Digital Literature” section of this year’s BuchBasel on 17–19 November 2023!
On 31.03.23 at 12 pm Prof. Jürgen Sieck and Maja Stark invite to an info event. For one hour, participants will have the opportunity to talk to the project management about the new ERDF project HERA and its AURORA XR School for Artists, the new course offerings and the current XR OPEN CALL, as well as to ask their questions.
Since 03 March 2023, our first Open Call during the HERA project funding is online.
We are looking for a strong artistic concept in connection with augmented, mixed and/or virtual reality. Thematically, we are eager to hear your ideas and topics!
Good news: Our application on a new project grand was approved!
»HERA – Handlungs- und Lernräume für Extended Reality Angebote mit der freien Kulturszene« is funded from 2023 to 2025 by the ERDF in the program »Stärkung des Innovationspotenzials in der Kultur III« (INP-III) gefördert und führt die beliebte AURORA School for Artists weiter – jetzt neu als AURORA School for XR Artists, mit Kursen zu allen XR-Technologien, auch für Fortgeschrittene, Open Calls und XR Art & Networking Events.
Also worth mentioning: The AURORA ARchive, released in March 2022, now presents 118 international AR art and culture projects – and of course, it includes all projects from the AURORA Production Lab.
Open source and free, now available at the URL: aurora-archive.com.
After being invited—together with AURORA alumna Christina Sarli and her AR comic Señor Pulpo—to the Insta-Video podcast Kreative Pause of the Berlin comic store Grober Unfug on 06.02.22, there was a nice AURORA workshop on “Comics & Augmented Reality” with 13 participating artists on 10.03.22 – due to corona still via ZOOM.
Topics:
• Creative input and comparison of sample comics and related media
• Input on digital media production
• Technological basics around AR
• AURORA alumna Christina Sarli answers questions about workflow and storytelling in Señor Pulpo
• Platform to discuss your own ideas and their technical feasibility with each other and with AR specialists.
Thanks a lot to Christina Sarli and the great artists for their highly motivated participation! 🙂
