Art will be profoundly transformed by the incredible developments in VR and AR. It gives artists the remarkable opportunity to create experiences instead of objects and move outside the traditional gatekeepers in the museum and gallery system. Augmented reality will ultimately transform all our public space into potential exhibition space. In virtual reality, artists will be able to create environments where art and our experience of it are no longer bound by location or time.
CARNE y ARENA (Virtually present, Physically invisible) originally premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in 2017. It was the first VR story featured at the festival, which like most film festivals, …
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The Jenny Holzer AR art app debuts today at the University of Chicago. The work of the well-known conceptual artist is well suited for augmented reality. She began in New York in …
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Nancy Baker Cahill’s AR Liberty Bell for the 4th of July holiday is her latest experiment in using augmented reality for public art. The work uses an abstract shape that echoes the …
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Frequent readers will know we spend a lot of time in virtual reality – and writing and thinking about it. Its creative potential just draws us in, especially in the immersive storytelling …
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As society shudders to a halt with the Coronavirus, the artist KAWS AR art sculptures may be the safest way to experience groundbreaking art this month. Virtual Reality may be challenged in …
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This summer, I will be teaching The Art of Immersive Storytelling workshop at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado. The mission of Anderson Ranch Arts is to enrich lives with art, …
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We’ve been waiting for a good AR in Central Park project, not that we get uptown than much (or even at all) with our hectic schedules this summer. Parks can easily become …
As Joshua Barone notes in The New York Times, VR in classical music hasn’t resulted in the most exciting immersive projects. Like other disciplines, both opera and classical music wrestle with how …
Read more VR in Classical Music – Michel van der Aa’s Breakthrough Project
If you find yourself near Boston this summer, check out the largest AR art exhibit in America. Go see it for the art. See it for the ways AR can create art …
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After a long weekend of work (conference proposals, VR projects, etc.), we were delighted to stumble upon Nancy Baker Cahill’s AR art project. There’s nothing like watching augmented reality transform your workspace – …
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Working under the title, Anna’s Dream Brush, the Virtual Reality artist Anna Zhilyaeva has done fascinating work with Google Tilt Brush. This weekend, a live performance at the Louvre Museum in Paris surfaced on YouTube. …
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We were reminded today of the stunning work in the AR art exhibition, Mirages and Miracles through a tweet from WITHIN. The work by the digital artists Adrien M & Claire B …
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The incredible David Bowie Is exhibit may have wrapped up but we’ll soon get to see David Bowie in VR – or at least major parts of the incredibly popular exhibition. After being …
Augmented Reality improves with a major update from Apple for its ARKit platform. Version 1.5 rolls out a number of essential features for the future of AR: It will be able to …
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Can you really go wrong when you use Google’s Tilt Brush – one of our favorite Virtual Reality tools – to render the characters in Star Wars? Here’s a fascinating example of six artists …
Read more Six artists collaborate to do a VR painting of Star Wars with Tilt Brush
If you’re near Los Angeles and interested in VR storytelling, get yourself over to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. LACMA has an amazing VR experience from the Mexican film director …
Read more VR Storytelling – The Harrowing Immigrant Experience at LACMA
Here’s a virtual reality experience that will let you step inside a Dalí painting. The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, FL will be giving visitors the opportunity to literally immerse themselves Dalí’s work …