On April 29, 2020, at 3 p.m. in Mainz (Macao: 10 p.m. / Mexico: 8 a.m.), we held the international kick-off event for the audiovisual project
CORONA GLOBAL BREAK
in collaboration with the following universities:
German-Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan
Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
St. Joseph University, Macao, China
Universidad de Lisboa, Portugal
RUFA, Rome, Italy
University of Mainz, Time-Based Media
More than 30 faculty members and students from the partner universities responded to the call, which was initiated by Mainz-based Prof. Dr. Ferreira-Lopes, Prof. Hartmut Jahn, and Jeremias Witteler.
We are all, to a greater or lesser extent, in a global lockdown.
This is what connects us—from self-isolation to forced isolation in Lisbon, Amman, Mexico City, Mainz, Rome, Macau, and elsewhere.
Through these personal audiovisual observations, we want to open a shared window onto our current circumstances—moving beyond virtual space—and explore the possibilities of a film project, an installation, a concert, and more.
Each participant produces:
1 minute per week, HD 25f/s
Format: open, but as continuous as possible
(if spoken word: please include English subtitles)
For further information on the project, participation, and the upload link, please contact
Jeremiah Witteler:
jeremias.wittlerer (at) students.hs-mainz.de
Dr. Paulo Ferreira-Lopes
Hartmut Jahn
Recordings are scheduled to begin on May 1, 2020, at noon.
The project will run beyond the summer semester of 2020.
We look forward to a large number of participants!
Teaching Unit: Time-based Media, Institute for Media Design (img) at Mainz University of Applied Sciences
Best regards,
Jeremias Witteler
Dr. Paulo Ferreira-Lopes
Hartmut Jahn
