The following announcement was provided by MIT Open Documentary Lab:
The MIT Open Documentary Lab and IXRDC are bringing Immersive Documentary Pop-Ups to Watertown Library on Thursday, May 28, from 4–7 PM. Visitors can drop in to experience a curated collection of virtual reality works by artists exploring climate change, identity, immigration, indigeneity, racial injustice, disability, memory, and civic life.
This is part of Libraries as Immersive Storytelling Hubs, a civic research initiative by the MIT Open Documentary Lab exploring how public libraries can become spaces for immersive storytelling, community engagement, and new ways of knowing.
Featured projects include:
• Ice Sailors
• Less Than Five Grams of Saffron
• Travelling While Black
• You Destroy. We Create.
• Notes on Blindness
• Danse, Danse Matisse
…and more.
Part of Libraries as Immersive Storytelling Hubs, a civic research initiative by the MIT Open Documentary Lab exploring how public libraries can become spaces for immersive storytelling, community engagement, and new ways of knowing.
We have more VR Pop-Ups and upcoming artist talks and workshops at other MA libraries with:
✨ Rashin Fahandej, Iranian-American immersive filmmaker, futurist, and cultural activist
✨ Michaela Ternasky-Holland, Peabody-nominated & Emmy award-winning director
✨ Michèle Stephenson, Emmy award-winning filmmaker, artist, and author✨ Sister Sylvester, multimedia artist
✨ L’Merchie Frazier, multidisciplinary artist, educator, and poet
Event details:
- Immersive Documentary Pop-Ups
- Watertown Free Public Library, 123 Main St, Watertown, MA
- Drop in: Thursday, May 28, 4–7 PM
More information: https://opendoclab.mit.edu/presents/libraries/