LA: Spatial Reality: Artists Explore the Future of XR
A gallery exhibition of the bleeding edge of immersive tech and art
When: Oct 12th -28th; Sat & Sundays 12–6pm
Where: sp [a] ce 39 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA 91103
Price: Free
Tags: #technology, #digitial, #art
Jesse Damiani, editor-at-large of VR Scout and friend of NoPro is putting together what just might be the largest “virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality art show” in the world… and he’s doing it in Pasadena this October.
Damaini knows this world like few others, so if you want a front row seat to what the bleeding edge of immersive digitial are is, head out to Old Town Pasadena.
Each weekend of the exhibition features special events.
Press Release & Additional Details Follow
sp[a]ce gallery at Ayzenberg is thrilled to announce its fifth exhibition, Spatial Reality: Artists Explore the Future of XR. Curated by Jesse Damiani, the Editor-at-Large of VRScout, this will be the world’s largest virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality art show ever produced. The exhibit will feature over twenty world-class artists working in this cutting-edge space, including Wesley Allsbrook, Nancy Baker Cahill, Bill Barminski, Can Büyükberber, Issac “Cabibo” Cohen, Jorge R. Gutierrez, Kevin Mack, Pussykrew, Steve Teeps, John Orion Young, and more, along with nine days of fully immersive programming, panel discussions and demonstrations.
— Curatorial Statement — —
XR — a spectrum of ‘extended’ reality that includes virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) — three-dimensionalizes the virtual world. After a half-century of computing in 2D, we are suddenly adding in the full expression of our bodies and our understanding of space.
The advent of mainstream immersive technologies is the single greatest amplification of human capability since the discovery of fire, a paradigm shift so massive we’ve only just begun to taste its impact. Marshall McLuhan famously claimed that “the medium is the message” — that the “message” inherent in any technology is the change of pace or pattern it introduces into human reality.
So what happens when reality itself is the medium?
For a question that big, we turn to the artists and storytellers: the visionaries who leapt over a precipice and into new worlds without any idea where they might land. And it deserves note that this leap takes a tremendous amount of courage. The work in this exhibition is unlike anything you’ve encountered, and it’s a sneak peek of the reality you’ll soon inhabit on a daily basis.
XR is still nascent, but as the art in this exhibition resoundingly asserts: not for much longer.
— Jesse Damiani, Curator/Producer
Scheduled events include:
Friday, October 12
Hit + Run Live Screen-Printing + Music
Featuring visionary XR artist and collaborator Issac “Cabibo” Cohen
Coinciding with Art Night Pasadena, Hit + Run, the world-traveling originators of live screen-printing, will take over the gallery for an evening of collaboration, wearable art and music.
Saturday, October 13
Art Center Night
Featuring Interaction Design faculty Jenny Rodenhouse and Filip Kostic
Featuring key faculty and alumni from Art Center’s acclaimed Interaction Design program faculty, this evening’s events will feature a panel discussion, faculty and alumni in person, and more.
Sunday, October 14
VR Demo with Nancy Baker Cahill
Featuring four immersive virtual reality experiences
We are featuring Nancy’s 4thWall AR App, and only on October 14 will be a chance to meet Nancy and demohersuiteoffourvirtualrealityprograms,HollowPoint1,2,and3andS trangeLaugh.
Saturday, October 20
VR Demo with Kevin Mack | Shape Space VR
Kevin Mack in person showcasing Anandala, Blortasia, and Zen Parade
If you have not experienced Kevin Mack’s virtual worlds before, get ready for a mind-blowing experience. The Oscar-winning effects artist has been honing his skills in VR for years and the viewer benefits from the fruits of his labor.
Sunday, October 28 — Closing Event
Google Spotlight Stories
featuring Jorge R. Gutierrez’ “Son of Jaguar”
and “Sonaria” with Chromosphere’s Theresa Latzko
The event is moderated by legendary CalArts Experimental Animation faculty, Michael Scroggins Google Spotlight Stories is the Oscar-nominated, Emmy award-winning platform for immersive stories at the forefront of using mobile 360, mobile VR and room-scale VR headsets to create compelling content, and building the innovative tech that makes it possible.
Open to the public, entry donation for this particular event will benefit the CalArts Alumni Program.
More special events TBA
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Contact Level:
None
Content Advisories:
Varies by piece
