In May-July 2024, thirteen participants took part in the second edition of the Online Creative Residency from Europeana’s Digital Storytelling Festival. Farah Almazouni فرح المازوني created social media carousels to reflect on what journey means to her.
Exploring the theme of 'journey',participants worked with mentors in animation, social media, collage art, storytelling with 3D, and creative writing.
About the author
Who am I?
I'm a storyteller at heart and a communications professional by experience and education. I enjoy experimenting with various formats and media to tell stories, whether for work or personal projects. I work for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) as a Communications Officer. I was born in Syria but have lived in the US for the past decade, though I currently call the Netherlands home.
What is my project about?
Through my work for the creative residency, I explore the definition of a journey through various lenses in a series of reflections based on some of my own journeys — stories and paths that have often connected me to others throughout my life based on similar experiences and shared commonalities among human beings regardless of their background and what languages they speak.
Why did I apply to the Digital Storytelling Festival Online Creative Residency?
I was extremely interested in this year’s theme. The theme of journey simply spoke to me and I knew it was the perfect opportunity for me to advance my digital storytelling skills, especially in the areas of social media and creative writing to support my professional and personal growth within the communications field and as a creative living and working in Europe.
What have I got out of the residency?
Aside from gaining first-hand knowledge of how to navigate Europeana’s collections directly from the Europeana pros (thank you!), I’ve certainly advanced my skills during this residency programme and pushed my limits in bringing a vague idea that I started with into reality with enough planning and mapping of ideas.
What will I do next?
I look forward to seeing how the audience interacts with this work. I hope it inspires them to initiate conversations about their journeys or sparks a curiosity to ask those around about how their journey has been so far.
Image credits
Intro
- Resenärer tittar på utsikten under färd by Fotograf okänd - Swedish Railway Museum, Sweden - Public Domain.
Migration
- Italian refugees by K.u.k. Kriegspressequartier, Lichtbildstelle - Wien - Austrian National Library, Austria - Public Domain.
- Self-portrait - 1887 - Rijksmuseum, Netherlands - Public Domain.
- Amsterdam, Flughafen Schiphol, Flugzeugmodell Boeing 747 by Feist, Peter H. (Fotograf) - Media library of Art and Visual History of Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany - CC BY-SA.
- Flugzeugmodell Boeing 747 by Feist, Peter H. (Fotograf) Media library of Art and Visual History of Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany - CC BY-SA.
- Train dispatcher and ticket sale at Helsinki Railway station by Saarinen, UA - Finnish Heritage Agency, Finland - CC BY.
- Captured Italians in the area around Tolmezzo by K.u.k. Kriegspressequartier, Lichtbildstelle - Wien - Austrian National Library, Austria - Public Domain.
- Migrantbåt upptäckt av den grekiska kustbevakningen P71. by Carlsson, Christian - National Maritime Museum, Sweden - CC BY-SA.
- Studiranje u Holandiji - Europeana Foundation, Europe - CC BY-SA.
- Being comfortable with migrating - Europeana Foundation, Europe - CC0.
- flytväst, life jacket - Museum of World Culture, Sweden - CC BY.
- Flytväst by Switlik Parachute Co Inc - Swedish Air Force Museum, Sweden, CC BY.
Healing
- Skupina žen s dětmi, účesy žen zdobené korálky a čelenkami, kmen Hamayd - Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures, Czech Republic - CC BY.
- Stained glass window - The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services - CC BY.
- Stained glass window - The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services - CC BY.
- Tanzende Frau by Rudolf Koppitz (Künstler_in) - Albertina, Austria - Public Domain.
- Mouse heart showing position of coronary arteries by NIMR, Francis Crick Institute - Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom - CC BY.
- Modlící se muž by Viktor Mussik - Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures, Czech Republic - CC BY.
- koristekukka - Helsinki City Museum, Finland - CC BY.
Growth
- Sweet dreams, Baby! by LICHTENSTEIN Roy - 1965 - Turin Gallery for Modern and Contemporary Art, Italy - CC BY.
- Onbekende plant - Rijksmuseum, Netherlands - Public Domain.
- Eleni Korti in graduation costume from an American college - Veria Central Public Library - CC BY
- Fontispiss. Leht mapist "Puugravüürid Lydia Koidula raamatule Valik luulet" by Laarman, Märt (autor) - 1948 - Tartu Art Museum, Estonia - CC0.
- Satellite Communication Centre , Thermopylae by ΟΤΕ - Μουσείο Τηλεπικοινωνιών Ομίλου ΟΤΕ, Greece - CC BY-SA.
- Diplom Museum of Coastal Folk, Estonia - CC0.
- medal - Estonian Sports and Olympic Museum, Estonia - CC0.
- Erweiterung der Remaklus-Kirche, Thommen: Details Dachgaube, Knäufe 1:20, Grundrissschema Seitenschiff und Chor - Museum of Architecture at Berlin Institute of Technology - CC0
Life
- Autotalo ja Tennispalatsi yöllä by Löfgren, Kaj-Erik - Helsinki City Museum, Finland - CC BY.
- Reisefotos. Zwei Männer beim Wasserpfeife rauchen und Kaffee trinken (im arabischen raum) by Grasser, Franz (Herstellung) (Fotograf) - Deutsche Fotothek, Germany - Public Domain.
- Café Sperl - Austrian National Library, Austria - Public Domain.
- radio by Asa Radio Oy - Finnish Heritage Agency, Finland - CC BY.
- Gaf Corporation, New York, NY, USA, View Master - 1970 - Moldova National Museum Complex, Romania - CC BY-SA.
- matta, rug, carpet - Museum of Ethnography, Sweden - CC BY.
Outro
Photo by https://unsplash.com/@farahalmazouni