Nordic Talks -The Role of Culture in Sustainable Society–Sustainability in Art and Cultural Projects
Welcome to our online Nordic Talk about culture and sustainability! The purpose of this talk is to make the theme of culture and sustainability more tangible, and to inspire not only people in the cultural sector but everyone interested in culture and the role of art in society. Invited Speakers - Germaine Sanders (NL) - Artist Urbanist Futurist - Lecturer in Sustainable Urbanism design and strategy - Ed Caroll (LT) - community artist - Fred C. Sanders (NL) - Director [...]
Second transnational meeting in Gdansk
On 20-22 September 2022, Bridging Digital team met at Gdansk to discuss the progress of each partner organisation and plan the future activities together. The second transnational meeting was hosted by our oartner Instytut Kultury Miejskiej. During our travel to Poland, the Bridging Digital team visited the PAN Biblioteka Gdańska, where we saw Jan Heweliusz masterpieces and watched a presentation of the reconstruction of a telescope by Heweliusz in 3d printing technology, a project of Instytut Kultury Miejskiej together with [...]
A new transcription of a valuable book at Gdansk
An interesting project has been implemented in Medialab Gdańsk, which operates in City Culture Institute of Gdańsk (one of the Bridging Digital Partners). A group of experts, philologists, translators and historians jointly prepared a transcription of the first volume of journals from the journeys of Christian Fischer and Nathaneal Jakub Gerlach from 1727 - over 300 pages of the manuscript! As a result, this eighteenth-century text in German is much more accessible to a larger group of researchers. CCI already [...]
VR workshop vid Gothenburg Studios
Skådespelare inom den fria scenkonsten kan få tillgång till och lära sig använda Virtual Reality i sina produktioner! I augusti 2022 arrangerade Intercult en workshop i Göteborg på Gothenburg Studios med vår konstnärliga ledare, filmkurator och immersiva producent Jonas Myrstrand. Under två dagar fick 3 deltagare från en teatergrupp utforska och lära sig de möjligheter som VR/360 filmning kan tillföra scenkonstområdet. I slutet av workshopen hade deltagarna spelat in scener från sitt uppträdande med en Insta360-kamera och hade även börjat [...]
Augmented reality workshops – Renfrewshire Witch Hunt 1697
Fablevision, Trent Kim and students of University of the West of Scotland worked together on the Erasmus+ project, Bridging Digital, to produce augmented reality video content to tell the story of the Renfrewshire Witch Hunt in 1697. Here are the five steps of their work. Stop 1 Bargarran House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29m5WLTukQ8 Stop 2 The Jail In 1697, following the strange events at Bargarran, the accusations of witchcraft and the naming of almost 30 people by 11 year old [...]
Case study video – Renfrewshire Witch Hunt 1697
Bridging Digital was between the 17th century and the 21st century through new media arts. The second case study, Renfrewshire Witch Hunt 1697 tells the story of the falsely accused Renfrewshire witches, through the use of interactive app technology. On June 10th 2022, Renfrewshire Witch Hunt 1697, working with StudioFV and UWS Creative hosted their Memorial Anniversary Event and showcased this next generation of their educational storytelling. You can see more in the featured video. Disclaimer "The European Commission's support for the production of [...]
HAEA Webinar : ”Adapting the theatrical act to the digital medium: creative tools and educational applications”
Hellenic Adult Education Association held an online workshop with subject: “Adapting the theatrical act to the digital medium: creative tools and educational applications”. Workshop content The visualization of the theatrical act (comparative study of theatrical and cinematographic writing, ways of audio-visual recording of the theatrical act, inclusion of cinematic elements in the theatrical text). Educational applications (creation of an original audio-visual work based on a theatrical action, utilization of the completed work in the educational process). Description of a good [...]
Creative Waves toolkit
After one year of creative workshops, webinars and a fantastic closing event in Gdansk, our international project Creative Waves - Baltic Sisterhood for Change came to an end. Now it is time to present you the toolkit that includes all our findings and experience of this exciting project. Creative Waves was about building a female community, a safe place that fosters bonds and joint work. Created by women and inspired by social and artistic activity of women, the project combined [...]
2023: Europeiska kompetensåret!
Bild: Claudio Centonze 2023 blir det Europeiska Kompetensåret! "The European Year of Skills" När Sverige inleder sitt ordförandeskap i Ministerrådet är det också början på ett nytt Europaår. Vissa år bestämmer EU ett tema som bland annat ska stimulera debatt och uppmärksamma både allmänheten och ländernas regering på en viss fråga. Temat för nästa år ska se till att vuxna och unga praktiserar och vidareutbildas för att minska arbetslösheten och höja kompetensnivåerna inom EU. Fokuset på utbildning och kompetensutveckling blir [...]