(Above) Culture Shock participants editing their digital story. Photograph courtesy Culture Shock
A project in the North East is allowing local people to contribute records of their own lives to the permanent collections of the region’s museums and galleries.
Culture Shock aims to help visitors create 1,000 'mini-movies' in the course of some 100 digital storytelling workshops.
Each film is based upon a personal memory and inspired by an exhibit in one of the area's museums and galleries. So far over 200 stories have been collected with themes as diverse as birth, death and Hartlepool United.
John Lewis staff are among those to have taken part in the project so far
The Regional Resource Centre at Beamish is holding the next workshop on October 30. Project co-ordinator Lisa Jeffries said: "We hope that visitors will join us for this session, capture their memories and enable future generations to learn about people living in the North East."
Those taking part are invited to bring along photos or home movies, learn some new skills, and get a copy of their film to take home.
Public screenings will take place in participating venues, as well as libraries and, as planned for next year, shopping centres, doctors' surgeries and buses. A virtual archive of the movies made so far can be found on the Culture Shock website.
To book a free place on the next workshop call (0191) 370 4000 and ask for a member of the Culture Shock team.
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