No End to the Road – Fellowship for urban digital culture in Witten
In a joint effort, the Kulturforum Witten, the Cologne Game Lab and the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V., enable four creative people to realize their own digital cultural projects for one year starting in January 2023. This innovative program for digital productions supports young digital artists and strengthens the creative scene in the city of Witten. Over the course of one year, the fellows receive free accommodation, monthly financial support of 1,000 euros, participation in a specially developed training program, and the opportunity for intensive networking with the Witten.Lab at Witten/Herdecke University. At the same time, they benefit from the range of production opportunities at the Digital Lab in the Saalbau Witten and the other diverse cultural venues in the city of Witten.
Position: Scientific Coordinator
Website: noendtotheroad.de & colognegamelab.de/no-end-to-the-road
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NOLI – Auf der Suche durch die Zeit
is a non-linear narrative in and with digital media: Empirical reception study and development of a didactic storytelling concept for elementary school. The research collaboration is based on the question of the extent to which the multimodal transformation of the literary landscape has changed the requirements for reception and production competence in relation to narrative “texts”. The project consists firstly of a quantitative reception study on the challenges of non-linear narrative structures, based secondly on which a digital storytelling game will be designed. We want to create a prototype that will enable elementary school students to experiment with the chronology and perspectivity of storytelling.
Position: Project Management
Website: colognegamelab.de/research/projects/noli
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EPPSA
is a research and development project that aims at exploring the potential of location-based technologies and services in the context of informative mobile games and apps. In addition to establishing a joint platform that intertwines various location-based technologies, the EPPSA consortium will create and run a series of individual showcases in collaboration with prospective partners (e.g. museums, event agencies and outdoor advertisers).
Position: Production & Media Didactics
Website: colognegamelab.de/research/projects/eppsa
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ZUKUNFTSMUSEUM
In cooperation with the “Deutsches Museum,” an interactive virtual reality version of the future is being created on an area of approx. 65 square meters. Playable for 1 to 4 people, a future taking place in a futuristic Nuremburg will unfold. Exhibits from the museum exhibition will be represented and playfully developed in this virtual reality experience. House robots, drones, a hyperloop and many other currently future-oriented technologies anticipated by many of us in the world. With an interdisciplinary team, the Cologne Game Lab research lab willcreate an experience that has never been experienced in a museum before.
Position: Project Management
Website: colognegamelab.de/research/projects/deutsches-museum
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Porta Praetoria
A research and development project that aims at exploring the potential of location-based technologies and services in the context of informative mobile games and apps. Porta Praetoria is a Location Based Mixed Reality Multiplayer Mobile Game to explore the Roman origins of the city of Cologne.
Position: Game Design, Project Management
