Nina

Nina is a design research journey. It started with the ambition to find out how to revive the millions of hours of audiovisual content that have been digitized around the world. It eventually shows how travelling can become a moment of cultural immersion. It also defines how these once-in-a-lifetime experiences can be relived and travel to reach new audiences.

Six years of research in design, architecture, engineering and user experience psychology have produced three operational installations and extensive user observations. The results, embracing principles of immersion, augmentation, physicality, acoustics and interaction set principles to revive audiovisual heritage, have been published by Leonardo/MIT Press.

Enriching the experience, the Virtual Reality installation Scene-o-scope presents the cultural and human context which forged this unique festival: its lively atmosphere and contributions by artists such as Max Bill, Andy Warhol or Keith Haring.

It also shows the places which have woven unique connections between world-famous musicians, or the genesis of the song Smoke on the Water, inspired by the concert hall burning down on Lake Geneva.