From Fire and Ice: The Viking Creation Myth

Project partners: York Archaeology, AY-PE, Philip Longson

XR Stories supported York Archeology to develop a mixed reality experience that explores the rich history of Norse tales and myths.

From Fire and Ice: The Viking Creation Myth fused ancient and modern storytelling techniques to offer audiences the opportunity to engage with narratives from the Viking past in an immersive and tangible way.

The project team created an immersive storytelling experience which will take place at York Archeology’s ‘DIG’ attraction. Audience members gathered around a fire as a real life Skald (a Viking poet) recounted stories from the Viking past. As the Skald narrates, projection mapping technology was used to display animated graphics, characters and scenes within the surrounding environment.

The team worked with award-winning and internationally published illustrator Philip Longson. Based in New York, Philip produces artwork for a variety of publications and for exhibition. Philip also teaches in higher education.

From Fire and Ice is one of four projects awarded research and development funding from the XR Demonstrators programme. The programme explored how eXtended Reality technologies can be used to reach new audiences and support growth across Museums, Galleries, Libraries, Music, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts.

Categories: Arts, Heritage, Technology