International Digital Culture & Spotlight Heritage Festival - Culture Fun Space

22 May - 31 May 2023

Digital premieres dedicated to culture and science, unique experiences for children, young people and all those interested in digital heritage

Politehnica University of Timisoara is organising for the first time the International Digital Culture & Spotlight Heritage Festival during 4 May - 30 July 2023, part of the project Spotlight Heritage Timisoara realized in partnership with the National Museum of Banat, part of the Cultural Programme Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture and partially funded by EEA and Norway Grants.  The International Festival of Digital Culture and Heritage brings together curators, digital artists, teachers and students from Romania, Norway, USA, Austria, Italy, Denmark, Lithuania and other countries in a foray into the cultural dimensions of immersive digital technologies.

The International Digital Culture & Spotlight Heritage Festival features extended reality demonstrations from the fields of culture, history, science, education and installations created for heritage buildings. All events are public, for all, children and families, in various locations: ExperimentariumTM and UPT Technical Museum - Science and Tech Playground, in the U Barracks - Digital Culture Space, in the hall of the Electro building - Culture Fun Space of the Politehnica University of Timisoara, in the spaces of the National Museum of Banat - Digital Heritage Dome. 

During the same period NETTIES International Conference, Networking Entities, organised together with the international association IAFES and a workshop dedicated to creative industries specialists at an 25-26 May 2023.

Hol Electro - Culture Fun Space opens to the public in 22 May 2023, where culture meets technology and entertainment through spectacular VR and AR applications, video games using the latest technology, the city's technical tradition combined with the latest technological achievements from around the world, in particular the Roman Villa in VR (Tunisia), Suakin Island in VR (Sudan) by the VR Company, and a Immersive haptic-audio-visual space developed within the Erasmus+ project AugementedWearEdu. Open to students of all ages!

The Museum of Abandonment by Augmented Space Agency is one of the booths that students can visit. As a participatory digital project where you can enter the atmosphere of the abandoned Sighet Hospital from 20 years ago, it uses the virtual reality aspect to create an immersive experience for participants.

Another interactive booth that brings to the public's attention a topic that has been on everyone's lips in recent years is the booth organized by Bentley University, USA that approaches the Metaverse from a multidisciplinary perspective, focusing on business opportunities, social concerns and technological innovation.

Visiting and interaction programme 22 May - 31 May 2023in every Monday - Saturday hours 11 – 16.

More information at: https://spotlight-timisoara.eu/eveniment/international-digital-culture-spotlight-heritage-festival/ 

All locations will be integrated into culturally mediated tours that will invite a diverse audience to explore and where direct participation and interaction through technology will enable the internalization of digital storytelling and stimulate locals and tourists to see, hear, feel, but also act, co-create and internalize the city and its history.

For information, visiting hours, guided tours and cultural mediation please see   https://spotlight-timisoara.eu/en/international/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SpotlightHeritageTimisoara/ Instagram: @spotlight_tm

The Virtual Spotlight Heritage Timisoara project benefits from a grant of € 97,000 from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through EEA and Norway Grants. 

Spotlight Heritage Timișoara / Patrimoniul sub reflectoare is a digital cultural initiative of the Politehnica University of Timișoara realized in partnership with the National Museum of Banat, part of the Cultural Programme Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture. Cultural project co-financed by the Center for Projects of the Municipality of Timișoara, Timiș County Council, Ministry of Culture, Romania, EEA and Norway Grants.

The digital components of the project are accessible online at https://spotlight-timisoara.eu/ and via mobile apps that can be downloaded from Android and Apple stores or by searching "Spotlight Heritage Timisoara".

• App link for Android users: https://is.gd/SjiIgv   
• App link for iOS users: https://is.gd/y6JxeV   

Event information is also available on:

• Web page: https://spotlight-timisoara.eu/ 
• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SpotlightHeritageTimisoara/ 
• Twitter : @spotlight_TM21 
• Instagram : @spotlight_tm

The EEA and Norwegian grants are Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway's contribution to a green, competitive and inclusive Europe. There are two overarching objectives: to reduce economic and social disparities in Europe and to strengthen bilateral relations between the donor countries and the 15 EU countries in Central and Southern Europe and the Baltic States. The three donor states cooperate closely with the EU under the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement. Between 1994 and 2014, donor states contributed €3.3 billion through consecutive grant schemes. For the period 2014-2021, EEA and Norwegian grants amount to €2.8 billion. More details are available at: www.eeagrants.org and www.eeagrants.ro  

The event is part of the Spotlight Heritage Timișoara digital cultural initiative, part of the Cultural Programme Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture and is co-funded by EEA and Norway Grants.