lv/en An educational VR experience that tells the story of the rescue of Jews in Nazi-occupied Riga. Zigis, the son of Latvia’s most famous rescuer, is eight years old when the war begins. Under a wood shed in the courtyard of the family home, a 3×3 metre bunker is dug out, where up to 12 people hide at a time. Zigis tells the story as he sees it. The experience is part of a visit to the Žanis Lipke Memorial and can be viewed in a specially equipped VR room in a mixed reality setting.
Type of work: VR experience
Genre: History
Stage: Development
Producers: Zanis Lipke Memorial, Fallon Minneapolis
Looking for: Co-financers
Contacts: raivis.simansons@lipke.lv
Ieva Vīksne is a new media artist from Riga, Latvia. She holds an MA in VR and smart technologies from the Vidzeme University and is lecturing in new media. Experienced in VR & AR through different art related projects, Ieva is interested in topics connected to human experience, feminism, self-representation and mental health.
Līga Vēliņa is a media artist, illustrator & graphic designer based in Riga, Latvia. She is working with various digital media: data visualization, virtual reality, 3D art, video art. She is now working towards a PhD in new media. Her professional awards include: 2020 2ND PLACE in Women in Tech 1st Hackathon in Riga and 2019 DELFI CAMPUS AWARD – RIGA IFF GOES VR / 24h MAGNETIC LATVIA Hackathon – Team The Livingroom.
Raivis Sīmansons holds a PhD in Museum studies from the University of Leicester. In 2019 he joined Žanis Lipke Memorial, an award-winning memorial museum in Riga, to work on its public programming and exhibitions. As a research fellow at the University of Latvia he looks at memorial museums and innovation in dark heritage.
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