DOK Exchange XR 2026
DOK Exchange XR Encounters with Kunstkraftwerk
Digital Archives in Transition: From Current Practices to Cultural Resilience in Audiovisual & Immersive Storytelling
What does it mean to archive a work that cannot be separated from the technology that makes it possible? As audiovisual and immersive storytelling increasingly involves data, code, software and interaction, keeping works accessible and alive becomes a growing challenge. Starting from the idea of Living Archives, this Think Tank will map current practices and emerging models, explore new possibilities for access and storytelling, and ask what needs to change to build greater cultural resilience as AI, technologies and infrastructures evolve.
Discussion Moderators:
- Stella Ntavara (she/her) – Cultural manager leading CPH:Lab and the INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition at CPH:DOX
- Paolo Löffler (he/him) Managing Director & Creative Director of Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig
- Silke Schmidt (she/her) – Head of XR Hub Bavaria
- Chloé Lee (she/her) – AI, XR and immersive media creator
Hosted by: DOK Exchange XR & CPH:DOX
Language
English
Access
By invitation only. Interested in joining? RSVP: exchange [at] dok-leipzig [dot] de (exchange[at]dok-leipzig[dot]de)
In partnership with Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig
When & Where
How can archival material and historical heritage be transformed into walkable digital worlds? This panel explores the intersection of documentary storytelling and immersive aesthetics. Merging media art with historical archives, experts discuss how location-based XR and interactive technologies create new narrative spaces, emotionalize history, and preserve cultural legacy for contemporary audiences.
Hosted by: Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig
Language
English
Access
Accredited guests welcome with prior registration. Limited capacity. Find registration below.
Moderator
Paolo Löffler,
Managing and Creative Director of Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig
Panellists
Cultural leader working across innovation, digital arts and immersive creation. Director of NewImages and recognized by Femmes de Culture in 2025, she champions an open, accessible and deeply human approach to XR and virtual worlds.
Marie Kuss is Curator and Project Manager at Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig, where she develops and realises immersive exhibitions at the intersection of art, tech and society. Her work focuses on digital art, XR and transdisciplinary projects that foster dialogue between innovation and culture. With a background in art history and experience in concept development, partnerships and storytelling, she explores how immersive formats can expand the boundaries of contemporary cultural experience.
Julia Kuhnert serves as Digital Curator at the Stiftung Humboldt Forum in Berlin since 2021, where she shapes experiences that connect technology, art, and culture to enrich the visitor experience. Her work turns ideas into digital narratives. She and her team have developed and managed an extensive portfolio of digital projects for the Humboldt Forum — ranging from media tower artworks to immersive XR installations.
Sabine works as a freelance archive producer for international creative documentaries and factual series. She is based in Berlin and member of GRAP (German Researchers and Archive Producers). GRAP is the German Researchers and Archive Producers association representing their profession, experience and knowledge towards producers, broadcasters and archives, to ensure professional workflows and international standards.
Nathalie Keurmeur leads the Team Digital Content at the Programme Department of the Stiftung Humboldt Forum, where she is responsible for the conception, implementation, and evaluation of digital projects aimed at enhancing the visitor experience. Since 2015, she has conceived and supervised, together with her team, a wide range of digital experiences for the Humboldt Forum—from media guides to immersive XR installations.
When & Where
When & Where
DOK Industry is realised with the support of Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media upon a Decision of the German Bundestag.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
