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September 55 VR piece, installation view, Istanbul, 2016. Photo: Courtesy of Deniz Tortum.

VR through a long lens: Deniz Tortum lends historical perspective to a new medium

“The central story I was thinking about when developing the idea of ‘embodied montage’ [for my SM Thesis in Comparative Media Studies at MIT] was the myth of Orpheus. Eurydice dies and Orpheus goes back to hell to save her. … Continued

Black and white photograph of a dilapidated apartment building.

Katerina Cizek, HIGHRISE, 2011. Image courtesy of the artist.

In the Making: Katerina Cizek

Known for her Emmy award-winning multimedia project, Highrise, about life in residential skyscrapers throughout the world, documentarian Katerina Cizek recently completed a two-year residency at the MIT Open Documentary Lab and CAST. “I always think of the Highrise project as … Continued

Open Documentary Lab Articles

VR through a long lens: Deniz Tortum lends historical perspective to a new medium

In the Making: Katerina Cizek