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Exploring the possibilities of Immersive Arts to communicate History and Heritage
Exploring the possibilities of Immersive Arts to communicate History and Heritage
Immersive creativity for historical storytelling: exploring how to enhance experiences in Museums and/or Heritage sites.
My project explores how immersive art can transform the way museums or heritage sites tell historical and cultural stories. I want to investigate how design, animation, and digital technologies combined can create engaging experiences for the public, in a meaningful and sensorial way.The research combines theory and creative practice.
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£5,000
Aims of the project
During the project, I will make a literature review to understand the conceptualization, knowledge and technical methods applied in immersive art in museums or similar cultural spaces.I expect to navigate on this project in a multidisciplinary and open-ended way, approaching this field with curiosity. I will also train in digital tools, software and experience design to experiment with multimedia installations, responsive environments and 360-degree video storytelling.
My goal is to create a personal Immersive Art Handbook, a practical guide to help conceive and manage immersive museum experiences. It will include creative approaches, technical requirements, and guidelines for planning and producing immersive projects that connect audiences with culture and history.
Meet the artist
Paulina Fuentealba Carrasco
Lead Producer and Creative
she/her
Paulina comes from a creative and technical textile background as an industrial designer, where her practice has focused on material exploration through making. She is particularly interested in shaping materials—their textures, structures, colours, and the ways they can enhance sensory experiences. Alongside hands-on making, she has also been involved in creative direction within collaborative fashion and design projects.
Her current interests lie in exploring the intersection between cultural manifestations, sensory experience, and design. She is curious about how the tactile and material qualities of the physical world can be translated or expanded through intangible digital layers, such as projection, light, and immersive environments, to communicate history and heritage in new and unexpected ways. She is especially interested in how craft, heritage, and embodied perception might enter into dialogue with immersive media.
Paulina is new to the field of immersive digital creation and approaches it with curiosity and a strong desire to learn, bringing with her a material-led perspective and an interest in bridging physical and digital experiences.
