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MIT Open Documentary Lab
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We bring technologists, storytellers and scholars together to advance the new arts of documentary.

https://opendoclab.mit.edu/
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MIT Open Documentary Lab @opendoclab.bsky.social · Apr 5
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𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲: 𝗠𝗜𝗧 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Beyond Monuments: Reclaiming Space through AR

📆 April 7–18, 2025
📍MIT

Explore MIT’s public spaces through seven site-specific AR works that surface hidden histories, speculative futures, and the many layered realities of place.
Layers of Place: MIT
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Join us:

𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲: 𝗠𝗜𝗧 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Beyond Monuments: Reclaiming Space through AR

📆 April 7–18, 2025
📍MIT

Explore MIT’s public spaces through seven site-specific AR works that surface hidden histories, speculative futures, and the many layered realities of place.
Layers of Place: MIT
YouTube video by MIT Open Documentary Lab
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April 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Today: Public talk (online) with Ayodamola Tanimowo Okunseinde: Bush of Ghosts: Spirits, Community, and Technology in the Co-Creation of Nigeria’s Transatlantic Slave Trade Memorialization

📅 Tue, Apr 1: 12-1:30PM ET
🔗 Join via Zoom on our website link below

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4/1/25 Ayodamola Tanimowo Okunseinde - MIT Open Documentary Lab
In conversation (online) with: Ayodamola Tanimowo Okunseinde Tuesday | April 1, 2025 | 12PM – 1:30PM ET Bush of Ghosts: Spirits, Community, and Technology in the Co-Creation of Nigeria’s Transatlantic...
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April 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Using the Hoverlay app for my augmented reality project in MIT’s #artfinity festival. @opendoclab.bsky.social #hoverlayar
March 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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🚀 If you are in Austin on Sunday, join us at SXSW for a panel “Aesthetic Access for VR: Centering Disabled Artistry” at 10 AM CT featuring the groundbreaking work of Kinetic Light and Double Eye Studios and moderated by OpenDocLab director @sarahwolozin.bsky.social

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Image Description (ID): Top Left: A torso-up headshot of Alice Sheppard; she is a multiracial Black woman with coffee-colored skin and platinum blond short curly hair, she wears a hot pink top. Alice folds her hands in her lap and regards the camera with a slight smile. The rims of her wheelchair arc into the bottom of the frame. Photo by Cherylynn Tsushima. Top Right: Laurel Lawson is a white person with cropped hair. Her chin is lifted and her gaze directed upwards with a slight smile; her blue eyes compliment her gauzy blue tank. Photo Robbie Sweeny. Bottom Left: Kiira Benz is a white woman with long blonde hair, the wind is blowing strands across her face, she is smiling and wears an off-the-shoulder black top. Photo Davita Crawford Bottom Right: Sarah Wolozin is a fair woman with silvery, wavy, cropped hair; she's smiling and wears a colorful patterned blazer.
March 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Join: Public talk with Verity McIntosh @veritymcintosh.bsky.social & Catherine Allen @catherineallen.bsky.social: We’re All in This Together: Safety, Policy & the Translation of Human Rights into Multi-Person Virtual Environments

📅 Tue, Feb 25: 12-1:30PM ET
🔗 Join via Zoom on our website link below
2/25/25 Verity McIntosh & Catherine Allen - MIT Open Documentary Lab
In conversation (online) with: Verity McIntosh & Catherine Allen Tuesday | December 10, 2024 | 12PM – 1:30PM ET We’re All in This Together: Safety, Policy and the Translation of...
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February 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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📣 Announcing the MIT OpenDocLab & MIT Co-Creation Studio Spring 2025 Lecture Series!

✨ Join us on select Tuesdays at 12PM ET. See poster for speakers. More to be announced!

💻 All lectures will be livestreamed via Zoom. If you’re unable to attend, recordings will be posted on our website.
MIT Open Documentary Lab & MIT Co-Creation Studio Spring 2025 Lecture Series: Online on Tuesdays 12PM - 1:30PM ET: Feb 25 – Verity McIntosh, Director and Principal Investigator of Immersive Arts, Associate Professor at University of the West of England and Catherine Allen, CEO of Limina Immersive Mar 18 – Nouf Aljowaysir, New Media Artist and Researcher Apr 1 – Ayodamola Tanimowo Okunseinde, Nigerian-American Artist, Designer, Technologist, Anthropologist and Time-Traveler More lectures to be added throughout the semester.
February 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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🌍 WORLDING explores how virtual environments bridge storytelling with placemaking, community wisdom, and climate science. The 2025 in-person incubator at MIT in January will explore social XR, data visualization, and Indigenous-led stories to build a just and thriving climate future.
📣 WORLDING is back!
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January 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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🚀 Join us for a public talk (online) with May Abdalla, co-founder of the award-winning immersive studio Anagram, on Developing & Testing Immersive Experience to Create Impact

📅 Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024, 12PM ET
🔗 Link in bio

#ImmersiveStorytelling #MixedReality #VR #HealthAndTech #ADHD #MITOpenDocLab
December 6, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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Hello BlueSky! 🌟 MIT Open Documentary Lab and Co-Creation Studio here!

We bring technologists, storytellers and scholars together to advance the new arts of documentary.

Follow what our fellows do & join us for our insightful public talks!

#documentary #innovation 🎥✨
December 6, 2024 at 7:12 PM