Laois council's team creative sets out on digital arts journey

A video-mapped animation of her life will be projected onto the front wall of Mountmellick Community School on Culture Night in Laois.

placeholder image — A video-mapped animation of her life will be projected onto the front wall of Mountmellick Community School on Culture Night in Laois.

Laois County Council's Culture and Creativity Team is creating a special residency for creatives who specialise in Digital Arts.

The council aims to recruit artists to creatively explore the themes of Creative Communities including arts, library and heritage initiatives through digital creation.

The Culture and Creativity Team wants to develop several digital storytelling projects to promote the history of the county both at heritage sites and online. These digital stories can be produced in several ways including animation, short film, soundscapes, podcasts and other means.

The council says the projects developed will be presented in various digital forms including VR, Holographic projection systems, QR codes.

It is also planned to create a digital storytelling archive that can be accessed online for the general public, tourists, students, researchers and the ‘Culturally Curious’.

The proposals of the successful applicant will also be considered in the digital storytelling plan.

The council is inviting pactitioners to apply for a residency of six months during the time frame of November 2023 - April 2024 (inclusive) with an award of €10,000 (to include all project costs, materials, travel, etc.), to be paid in monthly installments.

“The aim of the Residency is to enable the Practitioner to engage meaningfully with relevant individuals, communities, and groups and to create digital storytelling pertaining to historic sites in the count,” said the council.

For application details visit www.laois.ie/departments/creative-ireland/