Documentation of the interactive video installation based on several personal stories related to the past and present of the Minett region (LUX). Based upon existing and new historical research, the stories deals with timeless themes such as wartime suffering, migration, labour, health and human creativity. The photographs are taken from various local archives, some of which have never been shown in public before. The interactive installation has been realized for the Temporary History Lab a project by C2DH Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, Université du Luxembourg.
Interactive video design by Tokonoma
Art direction: Chiara Ligi
Technical production: Micol Riva
Production assistant: Esther Chionetti
Drawings: Ettore Tripodi
Post-production video: Mauro Macella
Soundscape: Max Viale
Interactivity: Alexandre Cavuela Castilla
Narratives developed by the Remix Esch Team (C2DH Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, Université du Luxembourg)
Texts and research
Tony (photographer): Viktoria Boretska
Anna (historian): Viktoria Boretska, Julia Harnoncourt and Daniel Richter
Giraldo (miner): Maxime Derian
Yvonne Useldinger-Hostert: Julia Harnoncourt and Irene Portas Vazquez
Stefano (miner): Daniel Richter
Léon Molitor: Jens van de Maele
Voice actors
Fédération Luxembourgeoise d’Improvisation
Sascha Ley
Denis Scuto
Daniel Richter
Elisabeth Wingerter
Archival resources
Archives de la Ville d’Esch-sur-Alzette
Musée national de la Résistance (Esch-sur-Alzette)
Archives de la Ville de Dudelange
Archives Fotoclub Diddeleng
IGSLux
Special thanks to Kathrin Meß for allowing the usage of text excerpts from her work on Yvonne Useldinger-Hostert
