Oantinken

Oantinken is an interactive installation that conserves memories of an event in a huge wall of ‘Weck’ jars (‘Kilner jars’ in the UK and ‘Mason jars’ in the US). The project is a collaboration between Stichting z25.org and Tryater and based on Transmedial Storytelling concepts that were developed by my students of the Utrecht School for the Arts.

Oantinken consists of two parts: a mobile app that asks you to capture certain moments by making a photo and a huge wall of jars where you can conserve these snapshots.

The images are amassed and placed in a new context. A kind of resonance is thus created, a recollection of what took place during the event. It will not be a balanced memory, but rather one manipulated by the collective.

Will this manipulated image say anything about what really occurred? Is collective memory more reliable than the record in our own head?

Festivals and events

The installation was featured at various festivals and events.

Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival
From 15 to 25 August, Groningen
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Heimwee naar Hurdegaryp
From 21 January to 1 February, Leeuwarden
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Oantinken app for iOS and Android

Oantinken Webfles (Webjar)

A place where you can look back on the collected memories: www.oantinken.com

Credits

Based on concepts by Niels Dielen, Jelle van Doorne, Anca Siegersma en Mick Vonk.

• Rodrik Biersteker: Projectlead
• Roderick Gadellaa: Software development
• Ferdy Guliker: Support
• Aldo Hoeben: Software development
• Mark IJzerman: Sound design
• Arnaud Loonstra: Software development
• Machiel Veltkamp: Support
• Wijnand Veneberg: Design