StoryFutures Academy, Royal Holloway, University of London part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Creative Industries Clusters Programme has an Open Call for a Creative Practitioner. They are seeking diverse UK-based storytellers to take part in a nationwide immersive project about our past, our future, and belonging. The aim is to create a series of interactive emotional maps and historical mobile AR trails using interviews, 3D scans of people and places, as well as film and TV archives from the BFI and BBC.
No prior immersive experience is required! StoryFutures will provide full training and access to equipment and support throughout the production.
They are looking for transferable skills in at least two of these areas:
Factual storytelling
Narrative development
Working with audio equipment
Working in communities
Archive research
You will receive £15,000 funding to join this training and development programme, taking part in a live UK-wide project to collect and curate stories and hidden histories in one of fifteen locations*. To be eligible, you need a connection to one of these places, and/or to be able to demonstrate your ability to tell stories from communities living there.
Applications close on 15th November 2021
For more information and to apply visit here.
*Blackpool, Bristol, Bradford, Dundee (Scotland), Dumfries (Scotland), Lambeth (London), Lewisham (London), Lincoln, Newport (Wales), Omagh (Northern Ireland), Sheffield, Slough, Swansea (Wales), Swindon, Wolverhampton.