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Artistic Visions | Innovative Technologies | New Media

The future of our narrative for the narratives of our future

 

What we do

Content &
Strategic Advice

We support you, your team and your projects with our experience and our network. From idea to premiere, publication, curation and beyond.

Workshops &
Coaching

We develop agile training formats for the interface of storytelling, innovative technologies and immersive media.

Curation &
Project ­Management

Exhibitions, conferences, festivals, events - we advise on content, facilitate, network and support implementation. 

Content & Strategic Advice

  • Astrid has been advising filmmakers, screenwriters, artists, XR creators, producers and their projects on storytelling, immersive media, production and distribution for over a decade. 

     

     

Workshops & Coaching

  • Tailor-made workshops for you and your team. 


    We work internationally and on innovation topics. Our requirements are constantly changing. So does our workshop content.  We use new technologies, creativity tools and agile methods. 

     

    Photo: EUCL | Prototyping Lab 2022 in Leipzig

  • Our mentors are creatives, early adopters, experts, award-winning artists and experienced producers.

     

    Photo: EUCL | Prototyping Lab 2022 in Leipzig

  • What Astrid developed in the past:

     

    FIRST MOVIE PROGRAM - Mentoring for filmmakers on their way to their debut feature film 

     

    WRITERS' ROOM:LAB  - Workshop for international series development for professional screenwriters

     

    STORY: FIRST - Workshop for mediaprofessionals, transmedia Storyworlds and digital platforms

     

    AI: STORYTELLING -  Creative workshop in collaboration with Lance Weiler, Columbia University New York

     

     

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    PITCH PERFECT - Pitch and presentation training, individual and in groups

     


    and the EUROPEAN CREATORS' LAB for XR Creators: project development for immersive media

     


    ... are just a few formats developed by Astrid.  

Curation & Project Management

  • I4C Conference and Exhibition in the "Akademie der Schönen Künste", Munich: The Magic in Virtual Reality, (with Diana Iljine and Edgar Reitz)

     

    Curated and lead by Astrid Kahmke

  • European Creators Lab, Astrid Kahmke

     

     

     

  • EUCL @VRDays Europe, Astrid Kahmke, Hsin-Chien Huang

  • Virtual Worlds Festival, Conference Day in the Gasteig, Munich

    Curated and lead by Astrid Kahmke

  • European Creators‘ Lab, Astrid Kahmke (with Tupac Martir, Sartore Studios)

What’s up at IONDA?

  • Call Open for Prototyping Lab 

    Prototyping Lab | Leipzig | October 9 - 13. 
    Participate with or without your own project.  Apply here

  • La Biennale di Venezia / EUCL@Venice Immersive 

    Fishbowl Conversation | September 2 | VR Island
    Hosts: Astrid Kahmke, Michele Ziegler and Kirsty van der Plas
    Register here 

  • EUCL | Mentors' Line-Up for Immersive Residency 

    With Ioulia Isserlis, Vassiliki Khonsari, Darren Emerson, François Le Gall, Johan Knattrup Jensen and Mads Damsbo the mentors' line-up is completed for the Immersive Residency in Luxembourg

 

Who we are

Astrid Kahmke

For over 35 years, Astrid's career has been all about storytelling. From theatre to festivals, television, international feature films, transmedia storyworlds, virtual reality and immersive media to the latest developments in future technologies such as AI.

Astrid has more than 20 years of experience in the film industry, and over 10 years as a consultant, coach, project manager, festival director and curator with a focus on XR.

She produced international feature films, ran the First Movie programme for talent filmmakers and producers on their way to their first feature film for many years, curated the "I4C" conferences of the Bavarian Film Centre, ran the Virtual Worlds Festival in Munich.  Since 2017, she is head of the European Creators‘ Lab, which is co-funded by the Creative Europe Media Program of the EU. 

Astrid is a passionate networker and works on a project basis with artists, experts, creatives, and public and private institutions worldwide.

References

IONDA unites decades of storytelling experience with the visions of inspiring thought leaders.

FUNDING Astrid's projects and events have been supported by, among others, the EU / Creative Europe Media, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Mitteldeutschen Medienförderung, der Vertretung der Regierung von Québec in Bayern, Invest in Bavaria. 

 

COOPERATIONS

For her events, she cooperated with (among others), the Filmfest München, Wirtschaftsförderung der Stadt Leipzig, Goethe-Institutes worldwide, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre Munich, Pôle PIXEL, Institut Francais, Games & XR Association Mid Germany, Women in Immersive Technologies Europe (WIIT), Innovation Bridge Europe

 

GUEST LECTURER

Astrid has been a guest lecturer with a focus on "Immersive Storytelling" at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences Munich, the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, the University of Television and Film Munich, SAE Munich, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich and has led workshops in cooperation with Bayerischer Rundfunk and ZDF.

 

SPEAKER, JURY, PANELIST, EXPERT

(Selection): AWE Europe, SXSW, NextRealities, diverse Goethe-Institutes, Internationales Filmfest Rotterdam (IFFR), VR Days Europe, 1E9!, Luxemburg International Filmfest, Coding DaVinci, Hub Montréal, Loikka Filmfestival Helsinki, B3Biennale Frankfurt, Berlinale, Filmfest München, Academy for Visual Arts Kharkiv, Venice Biennale Immersive, VRHAM!, IDFA, New Images and more.

Astrid is on the scientific advisory board of the Akademie for Theatre and Digility and Member of the Board of Trustees of  Hidalgo Festival.

IONDA Cooperation Partners

Rose Pistola

Rose Pistola is a creative office based in Munich. It serves clients from various industries, such as publishing houses, cultural institutions and medium-sized companies. The team, consisting of art directors, offers a wide range of services: Conception, Creative and Art Direction, Design, Typography, Illustration, Film, Animation and 3D. The office works very conceptually and content-oriented.

Learn more at: www.rosepistola.de

Who we look for

IONDA is growing!

We are looking for project-related cooperation (Europe): 

Producer/Project Management. You have ideas and visions, are at home in art, culture and XR with an interest in innovative technologies? You don't just want a job, you want to be allowed to grow and expect perspectives for your work? Good this way! Contact

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For our workshops and events we are always looking for mentors / trainers, experts in the field of Future of Storytelling, VR / AR / AI / Web3.  Contact

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You just don't fit into any pigeonhole? Tell us about yourself.  We look forward to talking to you! Contact

 

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