TechvangArt Friends – Book Recommendation
We have asked our guests to name books that inspired them, books they will save if the Earth is destroyed. So, Welcome to our small TechvangArt Library, with books worth reading during the holidays, (and not only)! And of course, if you missed any our of Conversation, Dialogue, Interview you can read them. TVA: the… Continue reading TechvangArt Friends – Book Recommendation
Between Art and AI
NFTs, AI, XR, Blockchain, web3, Metaverse. It seems that the art space is constantly overwhelmed with novelties, and it is transforming constantly. So, we decided to talk about all these transformations with Elizabeth Strickler who is an art collector, but also a Director of Media Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Creative Media Industries Institute at… Continue reading Between Art and AI
COSMOGONY 2021-2023: Touring without traveling
From caravans to rulotes, from carnival markets to royal palaces or to the huge stages in metropolis and festival tours embracing the cosmopolitan lifestyle…. till virtual productions artistic works.Artists always traveled – even before the Renaissance, artists toured to show their shows or to get inspired; musicians, performers, circus and theater groups or painters went… Continue reading COSMOGONY 2021-2023: Touring without traveling
Maud Clavier. VR et Son Double Mixity of….
Film Director. Virtual Scenographer. Entrepreneur. Festival Organiser. Project Manager. Inclusion Advocate. Freelancer. Chief Operations Officer at VRrOOm. President of the National Council of XR (CNXR) from France.We are talking about Maud Clavier, and TechvangArt had a short discussion about how she navigated and discovered opportunities in the VR worlds, challenges in VR, the secret projects… Continue reading Maud Clavier. VR et Son Double Mixity of….
XR-as-a-Cause/XR-as-a-Service…
How is it to be an early XR-adopter, how the fast evolving technology changes your practice and your business model? What are the challenges and how can you move ahead? We wanted to find out from the Austrian XR-startup, vrisch . The startup was founded by digital artist Gabriella Chihan Stanley and filmmaker Axel Dietrich,… Continue reading XR-as-a-Cause/XR-as-a-Service…
Garden Taipei: Samsara. Childhood Revisited
Taiwanese artists succeed to pleasantly surprise audiences, and their presence is well received and awarded. And Ars Electronica makes no exception. Carefully curated and selected VR pieces were definitely one of the highlights of this year’s Festival, and as such TAICCA (Taiwan Creative Content Agency) can be proud of the ecosystem it helped to develop.… Continue reading Garden Taipei: Samsara. Childhood Revisited
Kaedim: AI Tool Turns 2D-to-3D
Can you imagine saying goodbye to hours and hours of modeling for your 3D assets? Well, imagine no more! Because there is a new tool on the market that can generate 3D assets from your 2D drawings, artworks, and concept art. Definitely, it is a game changer as more and more 3D assets will be… Continue reading Kaedim: AI Tool Turns 2D-to-3D
Artivive: AR Platform for Art
Artivive is an AR tool that allows artists to create new dimensions of art by linking classical with digital art, while visitors only use their smartphones or tablets in order to experience the AR layer. As such, for museums, exhibitions, galleries, Artivive offers a new way for the audience to interact with exhibitions.Founded in 2017… Continue reading Artivive: AR Platform for Art
Alexandria, the Mouseion For a New Generation of Content
NewImages Festival and Cannes XR launched “Alexandria”, a futuristic Virtual World to showcase the best of international VR creations. The Space was created and developed in collaboration with Kreis Immersive, a company specialized in the creation of virtual worlds. We first visited Alexandria, during Cannes XR, and we were delighted by the concept, the design… Continue reading Alexandria, the Mouseion For a New Generation of Content
Fashionable Virtonautics -XR Couture
-> If you are really interested in digital fashion, one place where you find a diverse palette of garments at an affordable price is XR Couture -> If you are not interested in digital fashion, you might be, after visiting XR Couture-> And if you would like to find out the intriguing story behind XR Couture, then this… Continue reading Fashionable Virtonautics -XR Couture
VR Stories Behind Iconic Artists. Artemisia Gentileschi
History tends to hide itself. Or do we tend to forget it? What we take for granted nowadays, sometimes in the (distant) past was different. Alongside writings of the time, paintings offer a glimpse into the history and can reveal much of an era. But do we truly understand them, what are the stories behind… Continue reading VR Stories Behind Iconic Artists. Artemisia Gentileschi
They Dream in My Bones – Insemnopedy II
One of the most fascinating and intriguing VR experiences, They Dream in My Bones – Insemnopedy II, that mixes the power of shapes and a poetic storytelling imagining a futuristic possible science. We talked with artist and creator Faye Formisano about her inspirations drawn from expressionist artist Jean Epstein, Orlando by Virginia Woolf, Mary Shelley’s… Continue reading They Dream in My Bones – Insemnopedy II
Cosmogony. Explore New Territories
Cosmogony is a fabulous live digital performance that is captured in Geneva, projected -through the use of mocap suit s- to Sundance 2022, Spaceship and from there made available all over the world.Put together by the masterminds of virtual/digital contemporary dance company Cie Gilles Jobin, that already made performances such as: The performance will transport… Continue reading Cosmogony. Explore New Territories
InJustice. Testimony. Poetry / This Is Not A Ceremony
”This is Not a Ceremony” is an intriguing and captivating VR experience – having its World Premiere at Sundance – that wonderfully mixes documentary type of testimony with symbols, humor, poetry and metaphoric visual-imaginary elements. .Immersed in the virtual environment, your guides are two Indigenous trickster poets that accompany you – sometimes with caustic humor… Continue reading InJustice. Testimony. Poetry / This Is Not A Ceremony
GLIMPSE. Challenges of VR Production
GLIMPSE is a highly emotive, visual feast set in the imaginative mind of a heartbroken Panda named Herbie (voiced by Taron Egerton), who has recently broken up with his deer girlfriend Rice (Lucy Boynton). Herbie is an illustrator and through his art we delve back through the memories of his relationship from the heart-breaking end… Continue reading GLIMPSE. Challenges of VR Production
The DreamS of A Risk-Taker
Paige Dansinger is Founding Director at Better World Museums, Horizon Art Museum, being part of the Launch Pad Program at Oculus.If you ask her how it all started she would say that she was “just a girl” who went to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.But, she is not just ‘just a girl’. She… Continue reading The DreamS of A Risk-Taker
Edward Saatchi: The Guild for Virtual Beings
If you are looking to find the risk of thinking, similarities and paradoxes between Future and Dreams/ Manifesto /AI / Guilds/ Jesus/Virtual Beings /Ethics/ Metaverse/ Shakespeare/Matthew 10:35/ Crypto /Developers / DAO/Poets /ETC, follow….The Culture. Or The Guild for Virtual Beings, Avatars & Digital Identities.Follow the dialogue between TechVangArt and Edward Saatchi (Founder of Fable Studio,… Continue reading Edward Saatchi: The Guild for Virtual Beings
Roots Studio: Reclaiming Power for Artists
All creators know how important inspiration is, and from time to time, they become explorers of the world.Unfortunately, sometimes Exploration becomes Exploitation. This happens when industries ‘forget’ about the original work. Out of this receipt of badly understood inspiration, some come out with profits, glam, and fame, others with…nothing.And here enters the game Roots Studio,… Continue reading Roots Studio: Reclaiming Power for Artists
Biennale in the Metaverse. By Art Gate
Since 2019, Art Gate VR offers a key to artists, gallerists, curators, collectors, to be present in VR and meet new people globally in an instant.If you haven’t visited the platform, you should head over to try it out.Art Gate VR is one of the first museums (or platforms) in VR where galleries can host… Continue reading Biennale in the Metaverse. By Art Gate
D. Aksenov: “In Culture, New Business Models, Inevitable!”
Arts and entertainment industries faced many changes in the last year, the crisis revealing many flaws in the ‘system’ of functioning.Artists and entertainers asked for support, but what to do when the usual supporters (businesses or persons) need support themselves? Society seems to be in a shortage of life ring buoys, calling for innovators.The signals… Continue reading D. Aksenov: “In Culture, New Business Models, Inevitable!”
PHI. Centre: VR Art-Worlds Vision
PHI Centre Montreal is one of the early promoters of high-quality VR experiences, and are internationally recognized for being THE Space where you want to be.If you are a creator, you want to exhibit there; if you are a producer, you would not say “no” to co-produce with them, and if you are an event… Continue reading PHI. Centre: VR Art-Worlds Vision
Grants for Artists. With One Click!
TechvangArt in dialogue with René Pinnell the Artizan of ARTIZEN:… “Arts and Creatives, in crisis”. This is how the pandemic kicked-off, and the first solution was: hackathons. As we were used to organise hackathons and mentor teams, we offered to help artists. From the very start, few things become clear.Firstly, Art people began to work… Continue reading Grants for Artists. With One Click!
Building ArtTech Startups: ARTERNAL
TechvangArt in dialogue with Sean Grean, CEO & Founder of ARTERNAL. Building a startup is hard, but to ‘dare’ building in the ArtTech field is twice as difficult. Just a simple look at the market and anyone can notice that there are not that many startups. Artsy is always given as an example.So, why is… Continue reading Building ArtTech Startups: ARTERNAL
Circular Fashion Detective
“ #DressYourselfie! Upgrade your Lockdown Look ” was a post that caught my attention on Linkedin. My first thoughts were that it is just another funny COVID-related gimmick, but then immediately I noticed the intriguing and high quality design of the dress, made by María Ruano.For me, the idea was not just funny, but also… Continue reading Circular Fashion Detective
Synesthesia. Gift or Curse?
‘Music is liquid Architecture; Architecture is frozen Music’ – Goethe Do you want to hear the sound of time? Or maybe taste the music? Or see its colors? Or the dance of sculptures? And no, we have not just taken some…. mushrooms, before writing this article. But we really discovered this world of new perceptions… Continue reading Synesthesia. Gift or Curse?
Future of VR : VeeR
As VR is still an emerging field, these type of startups are quite rare in the ecosystem. Definitely, it is not easy to set up a business and convince investors to be the first to pull funds in a domain that might or might not grow. However, for creators, having startups as allies to support… Continue reading Future of VR : VeeR
Tech and Histories +/- Humanity
Have you ever thought that history can repeat itself, but it might take different forms or “the more things change, the more they stay the same”?If yes, “Bodyless” is for you.If not, think again, after you watched “Bodyless” – a VR experience directed by taiwanese artist Hsin-Chien Huang, produced by Virtual and Physical Media Integration… Continue reading Tech and Histories +/- Humanity
Dancing With Techies
How can you shift from classical ballet into the tech field? It seems almost like ‘mission impossible’, right? But not for Caitlin Hafer, the co-founder of What the Hack. And discussing with her, we found out that ballet and tech have many facets in common. Caitlin started to do work in choreography when she was… Continue reading Dancing With Techies
Experiencing “Chocolate Milk”
When was the last time when you had a good Chocolate Milk? Well, if you can’t even remember it, it is time to…make one. Take that cup, and continue reading our story. This is a different kind of Chocolate Milk story, maybe more sweet, maybe more spice, maybe more flavoured? We are not so sure… Continue reading Experiencing “Chocolate Milk”
AI Beyond Programming. Afro Algorithms
AI.Automation.Robots.Digitization.All these are words commonly used. Some are scared about them, others are excited. But AI has already become part of our life, and will penetrate it even more. It is indeed the age when technology is transforming the way we work, the workplace itself and many other aspects of our life.Besides debates about if… Continue reading AI Beyond Programming. Afro Algorithms
Aperta Rebellion of Art #2
THIS ARTICLE IS THE SECOND PART OF THE INTERVIEW. Please find HERE the first part. Nowadays, art has amazing possibilities and opportunities to create without any limits. The boundaries disappear, I am referring to the limits that yesterday defined with sacredness the genres and the forms of artistic expression. It is wonderfully frightening to today’s… Continue reading Aperta Rebellion of Art #2
Travelling Across “AfroRoutes”
Striving to find his place, Selim is a traveler, a digital nomad, until he realized that art is his only space and home to fulfill himself. Rooted in the North African culture, Selim Harbi is a Tunisian director, and transmedia storyteller, based in Berlin since 17 years. His first steps into immersive media and Virtual… Continue reading Travelling Across “AfroRoutes”
Aperta Rebellion of ART #1
Nowadays, art has amazing possibilities and opportunities to create without any limits. The boundaries disappear, I am referring to the limits that yesterday defined with sacredness the genres and the forms of artistic expression. It is wonderfully frightening to today’s artist, the creators of this historical period. Art as well as Humanity is in the… Continue reading Aperta Rebellion of ART #1
Makers Hub. Plus Arts
Makerspace are popular environments that were set up to help (future)makers, but also to promote STEM Learning. The new trend was fuelled by necessities in our society toward more experts in the field of technology, engineering or science. So learning together form one another seemed a good idea. But, what happens when you include also… Continue reading Makers Hub. Plus Arts
Mixing Art and Tech
Visual arts went online. We are talking about an industry who was quite conservative and tech-blind. Till, few months ago, when it started to gain huge presence and visibility online. From museums, galleries, artists, advisors, collectors, activists, everybody shows its online muscle: art, but also, we could see their home, and unthinkable talents on how… Continue reading Mixing Art and Tech
Art of Africa: Pavillon 54
Art-Tech Startups Conversations. One-stop-shop for African Art: Pavillon 54 Even if still the US, China and UK dominate the art markets – largely because these richer countries count more art collectors, Art from Africa is showing a constant increase from year to year, in terms of sales! Museums in Europe and North America hosted shows of… Continue reading Art of Africa: Pavillon 54
UK Spotlight: The Dark Theatre
March 2020. For the first time in the modern history, in the whole world, all cultural institutions enter the most dramatic lock down. Without any discrimination, big institutions such as philharmonic, opera, theatre, museum, etc became just a landmark on google map. I don’t know if you looked on the interactive google map in March,… Continue reading UK Spotlight: The Dark Theatre
The Power of Ageless
We discovered for the first time “Black Sugar” creation in 2017 at the MQ Fashion Week in Vienna.I was totally absorbed in such a complex monochromatic architecture and Infinite possibilities of elegance. The style can be described as timeless couture which evokes the impression of an Asian/European clothing interplay: white shirts are re-interpreted with artful… Continue reading The Power of Ageless
Nigeria: First 3D Expo
Art and Creatives industry were massively affected by COVID crisis, and art industry made efforts to keep things in normality. The answer was SOS digitalisation. In Nigeria, during the crisis, the first 3D exhibition took place, and it was brilliant. TechVangArt discussed with the curator of the exhibition about digitalisation, visual art in Nigeria, and… Continue reading Nigeria: First 3D Expo
On the Stage Of Life
From the Paris Opera to making facemasks. It is a story of a wonderful fashion designer, Vali Cioban, who had to adapt rapidly during the pandemic. TechVangArt discusses with her about this change, new collection, and how fashion will be. TechVangArt(TVA): We had our last on-line discussion when you were waiting for the costume rehearsals… Continue reading On the Stage Of Life
Crisis Is Not A Show
TechVangArt(TVA): More design experts characterize you as an “eclectic” designer.Juan Carlos Gordillo: Yes, this is true because I mixed many styles, materials; but today my style is defined by influences “Country, Andalusian Spanish, and obviously my Latin roots. TechVangArt(TVA): You do not follow trends. So, you are unfashionable and untrendy? Juan Carlos Gordillo: No, I don’t… Continue reading Crisis Is Not A Show
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