THE JOURNEY CONTINUES: The EUROPEAN CREATORS’ LAB moves to LEIPZIG!
Get inspired - get connected - start a new immersive project
WHAT WE DO
Whether narrative, or industrial - no matter what industry you or your company are developing for, we all face the same challenges: the paradigm shifts from frame to world, from square to sphere, from linear to interactive, and from creator-perspective to audience-/customer centricity. In our Prototyping Lab, we work across disciplines and industries, focusing on production processes, business models, scalability and distribution. Together we work on ideas for the medium and the markets of the future.
The 5-day Lab offers an intensive knowledge exchange, masterclasses, practical workshops, meetings with international mentors, ideation and prototyping in teams, keynotes and case studies. The programme is packed with inspiration and best practice. Our goal is to give you a more comprehensive picture of immersive experiences and a holistic understanding from content development to production and distribution.
LOCATION
We are onsite in the heart of Leipzig – R42 is a new beauty in town, a coworking space with its own start-up program and games-centered paradise which we are allowed to settle even before the official opening. Accommodation will be at Motel One (Leipzig Post) within walking distance. Both places are just 5 min walk from Leipzig main station and in the historical center.
FOR WHOM?
Creators, creative technologists and ambitious entrepreneurs – this lab is for you!
You are an artist, producer, creative, marketing and/or communication professional, entrepreneur, game developer, game designer, technologist, coder or have a wide range of interests and skills. Your knowledge level in immersive media / technology is from beginner to advanced and senior.
In the Prototyping Lab you will meet like-minded people from all over the world, you may discover talents and find possible cooperation partners for your future projects.
SCHOLARSHIPS
We provide a very small number of scholarships – following the regularities of Creative Europe Media – for citizens with the nationality of: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.
The participation for scholarships is freed from participation fee. The scholarships will be selected by jury’s decision. There is no legal claim for participation with scholarship.
Please do not apply for a scholarship, if you are not eligible for it.
DATES AND PARTICIPATION FEE
Call Open: | May 26th to August 15th, 2022 |
Lab Dates: | October 3rd to October 7th, 2022 |
Your travel dates: | October 2nd to October 8th, 2022 |
Contribution Fee: | 995,00 € plus VAT, includes 6 nights accommodation |
Duration: | 5 days |
Location: | Leipzig, R42 |
We recommend additionally the 2-day online Ideation Camp on September 27th and 28th, 2022 as a perfect preparation for the Prototyping Lab (no contribution fee).
MENTORS & EXPERTS
Astrid Kahmke
Head of the European Creators' Lab & Training Lead
Astrid works as consultant and curator for immersive arts. With a background as producer for international feature films and more than one decade of experience in training and talent coaching, her live revolves around storytelling and the future of narration. Astrid is a passionate networker and supporter of the European XR community. She started the European Creators' Lab in 2017 and since then is its head and training lead.
We are proud to welcome and work with:
Sara Lisa Vogl
Cofounder of the NPO Women in Immersive Technologies Europe (WIIT), and member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council for VR/AR Sara is collaboratively constructing and exploring VR experiences since 2013. A background in communication arts & interactive media and in love with the idea of new worlds, Sara is on a mission to go beyond the status quo of what immersive virtual realities are and explore their diverse potentials for the future. Driven by the quest to create deep immersion in her experiences the Berlin based futurist is exploring new interaction concepts as well as experimental ways of storytelling. By creating immersive installations Sara is working with sensors, haptics and the intersection between algorithms and real worlds. Sara lives, works and plays from Berlin or Montreal.
Mads Damsbo
Mads Damsbo is the founder and creative producer at Makropol, an innovative production studio based in Copenhagen. Mads focuses on developing unheard narratives, utilizing emerging technology, provoking unexpected emotions and experiences in diverse audiences. Schooled as a Producer from the progressive filmschool Super16 and with a bachelor in Media Directing from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, Mads has since become an expert on the production of immersive media narratives, giving lectures, organizing workshops and teaching masterclasses all around the world.
His latest production END OF NIGHT won the Venice Lion for “Best Immersive Narrative”.
See all Mads' projects at www.makropol.dk
Ana Brzezinska
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anabrzezinska/
Ana is the Immersive Curator at Tribeca Festival. In 2020-22 she was Head of Studio at Kaleidoscope, an American-French immersive production company specialising in virtual and hybrid event production, and fostering up-and-coming projects and talent. Partnering with the Museum of Other Realities, Kaleidoscope has been on the bleeding edge of virtual event production, co-creating a number of immersive gatherings including the biggest VR exhibition in virtual reality at Cannes XR/Marché du Film, a first virtual fashion show with RYOT/Verizon Media, and a first national collection of immersive art with Digital Catapult/UKRI. Kaleidoscope co-produced a number of acclaimed VR experiences, including 'Spheres', starring Jessica Chastain and Patti Smith and executive produced by Darren Aronofsky, 'Battlescar', starring Rosario Dawson, and ‘Evolver’ executive produced by Terrence Malick.
Ana collaborates with public funds (Creative Europe MEDIA), NGO, universities and business. Former Discovery Group Producer and Director, and Multimedia Lead at the Grand Theatre–National Opera in Warsaw, she has over 15 years of experience in audiovisual content and event production working across TV, film, digital media and theatre. She is also the author of awarded documentary and virtual reality projects.
