Join us for an exciting series of workshops that unlock the power of multimedia storytelling through augmented reality (AR), photography, film, and creative writing.
Memory Jam brings together students and young creative professionals from the UK and Kosovo to develop work exploring identity, memory, and virtual space. Memory Jam explores memory by “imbuing” physical objects with an extended “virtual” memory such as text, audio, and video.
You will work toward a digital artwork, a future online and in-person exhibition where you can showcase your work alongside established artists, and publish your work in a printed zine-like publication that features Augmented Reality (AR).
This is an excellent opportunity to develop creative and technical skills, and network internationally.
Time and Place:
This program will feature meetings that are a hybrid of online and in-real-life (IRL).
Participants will meet IRL in Prishtina, Kosovo or Manchester, UK during each workshop.
An online teleconference link will be established where two groups will communicate virtually.
IRL meeting location in Manchester: TBD at School of Digital Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
IRL meeting location in Prishtina: Rezidenca 17, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Time:
5:00pm Manchester time / 6:00pm Kosovo time
Tentative Dates:
Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 Workshop 1
Thursday, 20-Feb-2025 Workshop 2
Tuesday, 4-Mar-2025 Workshop 3 & Launch Event
Format & what to expect:
Participants will take part in three workshops covering augmented reality, film photography, sound, and creative writing and will be expected to devise their own creative responses.
Each session begins with an interactive workshop and discussion, followed by project development time, feedback, and technical support.
Every week, guest artists provide helpful prompts and guidance, enabling you to create digital and physical artworks that bring your personal stories to life. You will work toward an online and in-person exhibition where you can showcase your work alongside established artists, and publish your work in a printed zine-like publication that features AR. This is an excellent opportunity, to develop creative and technical skills, and network internationally.
The workshops are led in collaboration with StoryLab’s Artrit Bytyçi (writer and lecturer, RKS), School of Digital Arts’ Antony Hall (artist and lecturer, UK) and Audrey Albert (MMU/SODA), and artist Mishka Henner (UK).
The first stage will involve workshops between students and young creative professionals from Kosovo and the UK, who will create artworks tied to physical objects, infusing them with “extended virtual memories” such as text, audio, and video.
The project will culminate in an online launch event and IRL in Manchester and Prishtina on March 4, 2025, as part of Go Global Week at MMC.
Application:
This program is free for the participants.
Deadline: 7 February 2025
Click here to fill in the Application
If you have any questions please write to us at info@storylab.al or KosovoStoryLab@gmail.com
* If you are a student from Manchester Metropolitan University you may take this workshop towards RISE credits.
Special Thanks:
Memory Jam is a project by StoryLab in collaboration with the Future Media Production program by the School of Digital Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University, with support from the British Council.
