Vapriikki Virtual Exhibition Recreates Tampere Cathedral Shelter Where 1,500–2,000 Hid in 1918
A new virtual exhibition by Vapriikki recreates the Tampere Cathedral shelter where an estimated 1,500–2,000 people – mostly women, children and the elderly – sought refuge during the city's 1918 battles.
An estimated 1,500–2,000 people, mostly women, children and the elderly, sought refuge inside Tampere Cathedral for several weeks during the city's 1918 battles, Tamperelainen reports. A new virtual exhibition at the Tampere 1918 Civil War Museum now recreates that shelter and the refugees' experiences.
Produced by Vapriikki, Safe in the Cathedral, Tampere's Refugees 1918 is the museum's fifth online exhibition. It uses a finely detailed 3D model of the cathedral nave so visitors can explore a 360-degree view and watch dramatized videos portraying people who fled the fighting. The videos feature volunteers and young actors from Kangasalan Pikkuteatteri, with Vapriikki staff appearing in multiple roles. The project is funded by the EU x-CITE programme and aims to convey what it felt like to leave home and seek shelter within stone church walls.
The exhibition opens as the city prepares to construct a renewed memorial at Kalevankangas for victims of a 1918 mass grave the memorial project.
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