About the project
"MAREBOX – Underwater culture: Time capsules at the bottom of the sea" was an innovative cooperation between actors from cultural, technology, science and business sectors, that creates audience centered experiences – to be displayed in spaces around Europe and globally.
The project explored new expressive modes of conveying experience and knowledge about the submarine cultural history and heritage of Europe. MAREBOX collaborated with artists to innovate in creating digital experiences of submerged cultural heritage.
The contribution from the Department of Media and Communication (IMK) was to explore Augmented Reality (AR) as a form of "dry diving" to two submarine cultural heritage sites:
- the World War II TLC A6 wreck at Ancient Phalasarna in Crete
- the Alonnisos Peristera 5th Century BC wreck in the Aegean Sea
Objectives
The specific objectives of the project were:
- to provide broad and responsible public access to Underwater Cultural and Natural Heritage, aiming at raising public awareness, maintaining high standards of protection and drive sustainable growth in the area;
- to increase appreciation of Europe’s maritime assets hosted in a changing environment with multiple pressures like migration, pollution et cetera;
- to connect the past with the present and future, strengthening European identity;
- to enhance cross-sectoral collaboration and form a creative ecosystem of diverse actors: artists, scientists, engineers, archaeologists, business representatives and others.
Cooperation
Besides the Department of Media and Communication, the MAREBOX project included the following partners:
- Atlantis Consulting (atlantisresearch.gr) in Thessaloniki, Greece
- 3D Research Srl (3dresearch.it) in Calabria, Italy
- SAVVY Contemporary (savvy-contemporary.com) in Berlin, Germany
Visit the external website of the MAREBOX project (marebox.eu) for more information about the project.
Project period
01.01.2020 - 31.06.2021 (prolonged until the end of 2021).
Financing
The MAREBOX project was funded by the Creative Europe Programme (ec.europa.eu) of the European Union under the EACEA 06/2019 call "Bridging culture and audiovisual content through digital", grant nr. 614735.
