Lessons of Auschwitz
Video art project created with the help of Volumetric capture
Goals: viewer’s immersion in the atmosphere of interpreting difficult events in an artistic form using the latest technologies.
Deliverables: The Lessons of Auschwitz project is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Nine Moscow schoolchildren expressed in VR their emotions from visiting the Auschwitz memorial. We have transferred them into their own artworks using the technology of volumetric video capture (Volumetric). Peter Theremin, the great-grandson of Lev Theremin, the inventor of the Theremin, took part and wrote music for the project. In the project, we have combined volumetric capture, audio-active Tilt Brush, computer graphics and mixed reality.
Features: during realization we managed to capture participants in a chroma key room using the DepthKit library and the Azure Kinect sensor. All the effects were chosen and adjusted to suit the participants’ personalities and mood. As a result, we managed to compile a collection of different Volumetric interpretations.
Project duration: 2 months
Articles about project implementation
Lessons of Auschwitz: VR-project created with the help of Volumetric capture. Part 1
Lessons of Auschwitz: VR-project created with the help of Volumetric capture. Part 2
Lessons of Auschwitz: VR-project created with the help of Volumetric capture. Part 3
Lessons of Auschwitz: VR-project created with the help of Volumetric capture. Part 4
Year of the project implementation: 2020
Expert opinion
- Juror’s thoughts: “The finished product was extremely powerful and emotive. Innovative use of cutting-edge technology to re-tell history in a unique way, educating students and people of all ages at the same time. Achieved outstanding results in the eyes of the judges.“
- “The project was a powerful social experiment, demonstrating that history can be told, retold and reimagined by younger storytellers. Digital art – and digital technology — can strengthen the links between generations.”
- “Lessons of Auschwitz” was conceived as a social experiment that shows in a highly impressive manner how young people not only perceive history, but also how they translate and express it artistically. With the help of innovative XR technology, the students manage to stage their experiences and emotions in a highly creative and individual manner, creating an outstanding experience that touches viewers through all the senses.”
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Project Statistics
– 150,000 views during Holocaust Memorial Week
– about 10 million showings on social networks
Project awards:
