Shared Realities

The Shared Realities consortium is launching a living lab to research and develop collective immersive experiences and a physical and sustainable exhibition culture for emerging forms of immersive art. The consortium focuses on exploring and researching collective immersive storytelling, strengthening the ecosystem for co-production and distribution, and engaging audiences through shared experiences. Makers, producers, curators, distributors and researchers are working together to further develop an emerging practice and generate knowledge through an interconnected process. The activities are organised around overlapping tracks – 'creation and prototyping', 'reflection and interpretation', 'documentation and dissemination' – and develop applicable knowledge, encourage sustainable exhibition practices, and increase the international visibility of Dutch immersive artists (artists who are part of the consortium and artists selected through an open call). The tracks are staged in the run-up to the annual International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.