By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Audiences across South Africa, Lesotho, and Malawi will soon encounter a series of groundbreaking immersive exhibitions, transforming archival collections into living, interactive experiences. "Futures_Past: Amplifying Memory with Immersive Technologies" is a collaborative initiative organized by the French Institute of South Africa in partnership with Electric South and local cultural institutions, archives, and international collaborators. The project brings together artist teams based in the countries of six selected archives. Over the next eight months, these teams will work closely with archives to co-create immersive digital works that explore and illuminate the stories contained within historical collections using virtual and augmented reality, spatial audio, and interactive installations. These experiences will be presented in exhibitions across South Africa, Lesotho, and Malawi from September to December 2026. Lauren Fletcher from the French Institute elaborates...