Event “Moving History/Stories. Motion comics in educational work”
Event “Moving History/Stories. Motion comics in educational work” # Motion comics in educational work | Event for teachers WHEN: Friday, February 16, 2024, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Marienborn Memorial to Divided Germany Modern education in history must adapt to young people’s viewing habits. Based on this principle, four short motion comics – […]
Invitation to the Motion Comic premiere ‘Arriving’
Invitation to the Motion Comic premiere ‘Ankommen’ The ‘Gedenkstätte Deutsche Teilung Marienborn’ presents the German version of another motion comic from the project “Motion Comics as Memory Work”. Two stories are told: Damascus and East Berlin – Isi moves from Syria to East Germany for his studies. There, he falls in love with Sylvia. Together, […]
MoCom at the GASCA conference
MoCom at the GASCA conference # This short video provides a summary of what the MoCom project is all about and gives insight into what we have achieved so far. What are our goals? How do we produce motion comics? The video can give teachers in subjects such as history, art, English, German/DAZ, and ethics […]
MDR report about the MoCom project
MDR report about the MoCom project # https://youtu.be/HlaXSquawMg The premiere of the first motion comic “Border Crossings” on June 26, 2022 was a very successful moment in the MoCom project! Right before the participants presented their motion comic to an audience on the big screen of the Helmstedt cinema “Roxy Lichtspiele”, they reflected on what […]
First MoCom premiere project 1
First MoCom premiere ‘Border Crossings’ # The first motion comic is finished! After eight months of work, we bring history(s) to life on the big screen – in Helmstedt and online! In Helmstedt: On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 11:00 AM we will present the German version “Grenzübertritte” at the Roxy cinema in Helmstedt. Following […]
Weekend workshop ‘Border Crossings’
Weekend workshop ‘Border Crossings’ # We ended last year with the first weekend workshop in December – a great project kick off! While virtually visiting the Gedenkstätte Deutsche Teilung Marienborn we learned about border experiences, shared memories, listened to a contemporary witness and watched motion comics. Now, the new year starts with inspiring ideas and […]
“Wandering Roots”
Video: ‘Wandering Roots’ was published in January 2024! “Wandering Roots” Project 4 The motion comic „Wandering Roots“ tells two stories. One begins in Damascus and first takes us to East Berlin – Isi moves from Syria to the GDR to study. There he falls in love with Sylvia. Together with her, he returns to his […]
“Friendship Beyond Borders”
Video: ‘Friendship Beyond Borders‘ – the third motion comic in the MoCom project was published in October 2023. “Friendship Beyond Borders” Project 3 “Friendship Beyond Borders” tells two stories. 1952 – two cousins live in Helmstedt in West Germany and are inseparable. But everything changes when one part of the family moves to the GDR. 1968 […]
“The Density of Freedom”
Video: ‘The Density of Freedom’ – the second motion comic in the MoCom project was published in March 2023. “The Density of Freedom” Project 2 “The Density of Freedom” tells two stories around East Berlin’s Alexanderplatz – the flagship of the GDR capital. Ernest and his friends are on a school trip to East Berlin for […]
“Border Crossings”
Video: ‘Border Crossings’ – the first motion comic in the MoCom project was published in June 2022. “Border Crossings” Project 1 The motion comic “Border Crossings” tells two stories: The young Anna wants to escape from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) to her partner in Austria. Reza flees from Iran into the divided Germany. Will they […]
