Regionalexpress Salzkammergut: Train Guide
The regional train and the surrounding landscape from Gmunden to Bad Aussee serve as a stage for this audiovisual docu-fiction created by Petra Ardai. Passengers can hear a conversation between the Train, the Mountain, and the Traunsee Mermaid, interwoven with stories of the local population.
This living heritage experience can be accessed through QR Code and the App provided by the Kulturhauptstadt.
https://regional-express.org/en.html
Regional_Express is an acoustic-visual immersive narrative on the rail route from Gmunden to Bad Aussee which deals with the cultural and natural heritage of the region. we are working with artists around the globe to create stories of local origin.
Salzkammergut Regional Express
Immersive experience of cultural and natural heritage informs the future
The Salzkammergut region is an important Austrian heritage site, once connected with all of Europe through the salt trade. The salt production industry is key to the region’s identity, but changes in the industry and closures of factories have had a deep impact on people’s lives. Tourism is growing, yet it affects the landscape and locals’ connection to their land. To preserve the region’s heritage, little-known stories, capturing diverse lifestyles, realities and experiences from the past, are brought to the attention of not only tourists but also decision-makers. An acoustic-visual narrative, accessible by an app and virtual reality and developed by researchers and curators, is offered to passengers on the Gmunden-Bad Aussee train. This journey through the past into the future, is aligned with the train stops. It immerses passengers in the region’s natural and cultural heritage, and inspires how the future can be anchored in the history, identity, belonging and lifestyles of different inhabitants.
Recommended stages:
- Vision: create a narrative and an experience accessible through different media, to share and include unheard voices and stories informing the future.