As longstanding centers for knowledge exchange, public access to resources, and civic engagement, libraries offer a unique infrastructure for expanding access to new story forms and new ways of knowing. We believe they are uniquely positioned to offer immersive storytelling skills and experiences beyond film festival premieres and commercial settings.
To test this idea, in addition to the VR collection, we are curating artist talks and offering skills workshops to further people’s understanding of the possibilities and challenges of immersive storytelling.
Follow us on social media to know more about upcoming events.
This initiative is funded by Agog: The Immersive Media Institute.
VR Pop-Ups at Libraries
We have curated a collection of diverse and imaginative ways artists are using immersive storytelling to explore civic life, identity, immigration, indigeneity, racial in/justice, disability, and new forms of creative expression. Below are the upcoming VR Pop-Ups:
- Cambridge Public Library
- May 2: 12:30 – 4:30 pm
- May 14: 3 – 7 pm
- Watertown Library
- May 9: 12 – 3 pm
- May 28: 4 – 7 pm
- Arlington Library
- June 4: 8 – 8:45 pm
- June 6: 11 am – 4 pm
- Medford Public Library
- July 13: 1 – 8 pm
- July 27: 1 – 8 pm
- Mattapan Public Library – Boston
- June 24: 1:30 – 5:30 pm
- July 14: 3:30 – 7:30 pm
Please note: dates and times are subject to change. Additional libraries and dates are coming soon. Please follow our social media for updates.
Immersive Documentary Pop-Ups: A Catalogue of VR Experiences
Below are some of the exceptional experiences visitors can expect to experience in the VR Pop-Ups.
- Less Than Five Gr. of Saffron. Director: Négar Motevalymeidanshah. Producer: Ten2Ten Films, Quill Animation Studio, Studio Geppetto, Unity Animation Studio, and Blanktone Studios.
- Danse, Danse Matisse. Director: Agnes Molia & Gordon. Producer: Lucid Realities and Tournez s’il vous plaît
- Notes on Blindness. Director and Producer: Arnaud Colinart/ Atlas V
- Reimagined: Mahal. Director: Michaela Holland. Producer: Julie Cavaliere
- The Changing Same. Directors/Producers: Yasmin Elayat, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster
- Travelling While Black. Director: Roger Ross Williams. Producer: Felix and Paul
- You Destroy. We Create. Director: Gayatri Parmeswaran and Felix Gaedtkea. Producer: Nowhere Media
- and more
Artist Talks
Join us for a series of public talks by esteemed artists creating groundbreaking immersive projects.
- Rashin Fahandej, Iranian-American immersive filmmaker, futurist, and cultural activist
- Art as Ecosystem: Rethinking Immersive Media Through Community and Care
- Thursday, June 4, 2026: 6 – 7:30 PM
- Robbins Library, 700 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA
- Michaela Ternasky-Holland, Peabody-nominated & Emmy award-winning director
- Navigating the Crossroads: When Art and Technology Intersects and Diverges
- Monday, June 15, 2026: 6:30 – 8 PM
- Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
- Michèle Stephenson, Emmy award-winning filmmaker, artist, and author
- Subject: TBD
- Saturday, July 11, 2026: 1:30-5:30 pm
- Mattapan Public Library, 1350 Blue Hill Ave, Mattapan, MA
- Sister Sylvester, multimedia artist
- Subject: TBD
- Thursday, July 23, 2026: Time TBD
- Medford Public Library, 111 High Street, Medford, MA 02155
- L’Merchie Frazier, multidisciplinary artist, educator, and poet
