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ABOUT THE PROJECT
FUTURES_PAST: Amplifying Memory with Immersive Technologies is a two-year programme connecting artists, producers, and archives in South Africa, Lesotho, and Malawi to create immersive works from archival collections.
The programme supports research, co-creation, production, training, and international mobility, cultivating skills development and new approaches to public engagement.
WHAT
Archive, memory and immersive storytelling
WHERE
South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi
HOW
Research, production, exhibitions and public engagement
WHO
Artists, institutions, researchers and creative teams
A digital archive of projects, exhibitions, research and creative collaborations connecting memory, archive and immersive technology.
Amplifying Memory with Immersive Technologies
ABOUT THE PROJECT
FUTURES_PAST: Amplifying Memory with Immersive Technologies is a two-year programme connecting artists, producers, and archives in South Africa, Lesotho, and Malawi to create immersive works from archival collections.
The programme supports research, co-creation, production, training, and international mobility, cultivating skills development and new approaches to public engagement.
WHERE
South Africa,
Lesotho and Malawi
WHAT
Archive, memory and immersive storytelling
HOW
Research, production,
exhibitions and public
engagement
WHO
Artists, institutions,
researchers and creative
teams
Exhibitions overview
Six immersive projects developed with artists and archives across South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi.
XR Exhibition
Mixed Media Exhibition
XR Exhibition
VR Exhibition
XR Exhibition
Through collaboration between immersive artists, archivists, and cultural custodians across South Africa, Lesotho, and Malawi, Futures_Past produced six immersive experiences where archival material is reactivated through a range of formats including spatial sound, projection-based environments, interactive installation, and VR and AR systems.
Exhibitions overview
The Futures_Past Immersive Arts Mapping Report aims to map the immersive arts ecosystems across South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi - identifying key actors, challenges, opportunities and pathways for sustainable growth.
REPORT
Join the Immersive Arts Directory
The Futures_Past Immersive Arts Mapping Study is building a public directory of practitioners, organisations and institutions across South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi. It will connect collaborators, funders and partners, and inform policymakers and researchers. Add yourself to the directory today.
Explore the directory and submit your details
Questions? Contact Masilakhe at research@electricsouth.org
BY WHO / PROJECT PARTNERS
An initiative of the Embassy of France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS), implemented in partnership with Electric South, with funding from the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
BY WHO / PROJECT PARTNERS
An initiative of the Embassy of France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS), implemented in partnership with Electric South, with funding from the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
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CONTACT
For project, archive, report or directory enquiries, please get in touch with the Futures_Past team.
Project enquiries
audiovisual@frenchinstitute.org.za