VIRTUAL OCCURRENCES HORIZONS: NEW DIGITAL REALITY DEVELOPMENT FORECASTS
documentation of panels, workshops, lectures 

Participants: Przemysław Danowski, Sandra Frydrysiak, Krzysztof Garbaczewski, Paweł Gwiaździński, Andrei Isakov, Marcin Kossakowski, Mateusz Kowalczyk, Paweł Laźniak, Jakub Lech, Weronika Lewandowska, Marcin Łunkiewicz, Wojtek Markowski, Marta Navrot, Marcin Pazera, Jozef Pilát, Grzegorz Pochwatko, Paweł Ruszlewski, Sebastian Sebulec, Matylda Szewczyk, Anastasiia Vorobiova, Jagoda Wójtowicz, Jakub Wróblewski

Open online meetings devoted to the issues of virtual reality, forecasts and directions for the development of new digital experiences as well as aesthetics and interactions in immersive projects. The practical solutions presented during the meetings will be extended by thematic presentations related to virtual space, projects from the borderline of visual arts and science, and audio productions. We invited researchers and researchers of perception, artists and artists who use VR space and game engines in their practices, directors and directors working with experiences actively engaging the audience, as well as producers and producers of cutting-edge digital content. The seminars also include workshops on building immersion projects – Unreal Engine 4.

SCHEDULE:

13.11.2020 | LECTURE BY Jakub Wróblewski
Virtual occurrences – trends and directions of developing immersive art projects – case study.

17.11.2020 | LECTURE BY Przemysław Danowski
Virtual audio spaces – trends and directions in interactive, documentary and performative activities.

18.11.2020 | PANEL
participants: Paweł Gwiaździński, Grzegorz Pochwatko; moderacja: Jakub Wróblewski
Perception in XR projects: issues of sentience, illusions and digital reality research.

20.11.2020 | PANEL
participants: Przemysław Danowski, Weronika Lewandowska, Marcin Łunkiewicz; moderacja Jakub Wróblewski
The future of XR: new forms of sentience.

25.11.2020 | PANEL
participants: Marcin Kosakowski, Mateusz Kowalczyk, Marta Navrot, Marcin Pazera, Josef Pilát, Sebastian Sebulec, Anastasiia Vorobiova, Jagoda Wójtowicz; moderacja: Jakub Wróblewski
New wave of XR / VR. A debate with the youngest generation of immersive project creators.

27.11.2020 | PANEL
particpants: Jakub Lech, Paweł Łaźniak, Paweł Ruszlewski; moderacja: Jakub Wróblewski
Reaching successive immersion levels| the real vs the virtual | role of space in building new digital realities.

30.11.2020 | PANEL
particpants: Sandra Frydrysiak, Krzysztof Garbaczewski; moderacja: Jakub Wróblewski
Embodiment in new digital realities. The role of immersees in XR projects.

1.12.2020 |LECTURE by Matylda Szewczyk
Prehistories of VR. Cinema, literature, art.

4-6.12.2020 | Workshops
Unreal Engine 4 | moderated by: Andrei Isakov

Organisers:

Arsenal Gallery in Białystok

Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw

3D and Virtual Occurrences II Studio, Faculty of Media Art of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw / Virtual Space Department / Media Art Faculty

Conception:
Jakub Wróblewski

Coordination and production:
Eliza Urwanowicz-Rojecka

Fb support + contacting the audience online:
Gabriela Owdziej

Collaboration on behalf of the Gallery:
Małgorzata Kopciewska, Aleksander Sakowicz, Justyna Zieniuk 

Collaboration on behalf of the 3D and Virtual Occurrences II Studio / Faculty of Media Art / Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw / Chair of Virtual Space:
Andrei Isakov

Visual identification:
Renata Motyka

Copy-editing and proofreading:
Ewa Borowska

English translation:
Aleksandra Sobczak-Kövesi

Edition 1

The future of XR: new forms of sentience

The future of XR: new forms of sentience

Perception in XR projects: issues of sentience, illusions and digital reality research

Perception in XR projects: issues of sentience, illusions and digital reality research

Embodiment in new digital realities. The role of immersees in XR projects

Embodiment in new digital realities. The role of immersees in XR projects

New wave of XR/VR. A debate with the youngest generation of immersive project creators

New wave of XR/VR. A debate with the youngest generation of immersive project creators

Reaching successive immersion levels | the real vs the virtual | role of space in building new digital realities

Reaching successive immersion levels | the real vs the virtual | role of space in building new digital realities

Unreal Engine 4

Unreal Engine 4

Virtual occurrences – trends and directions of developing immersive art projects – case study.

Virtual occurrences – trends and directions of developing immersive art projects – case study.

Virtual audio spaces – trends and directions in interactive, documentary and performative activities.

Virtual audio spaces – trends and directions in interactive, documentary and performative activities.

Prehistories of VR. Cinema, literature, art

Prehistories of VR. Cinema, literature, art