XR:WA
FourbyFour
Uniting art, performance and film production elements designed to deliver a Virtual Reality experience, FourByFour consists of four immersive VR short films produced by Revelation Perth International Film Festival and created in collaboration with Co3 Contemporary Dance and Tura New Music.
4 VR directors, 4 choreographers, 4 dancers and 4 composers will each interpret the unique landscapes of 4 locations in the Perth Cultural Centre – the WA State Library, the Art Gallery of WA, the State Theatre Centre of WA and the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts – exploring space, art, history, story and architecture in this high-concept, multidisciplinary collaboration of physical expression and digital technology.
COVID-19 brought the art and performance sector to a standstill and FourByFour is a fusion of craft designed to forge new relationships, born out of a mission to provide employment opportunities to creative artists as well as to produce and share inspiring, creative works.
Prospecting for Concrete is a response to the architecture and art in the Art Gallery of Western Australia, drawing on and embodying the history and brutalist structure of the building and two of the works in the historical gallery- Down on His Luck by Frederick McCubbin and a statue of Adam by Rodin. The audience are positioned as a character within the film, and by directing their own gaze experience these awakened historical works colliding with the present moment.
Games Experience Emporium
Thursday 3 – Sunday 6 December | FREE
Where: AGWA Centenary Galleries
Featuring brand new computer games, AR and VR experiences from around Australia, this specially curated space has a special showcase of the fantastic work being undertaken locally and provides a unique opportunity for audiences of all types to meet the makers. If you’re new to immersive technologies and games and want to see what all the fuss is about or if you’re wanting to explore a career in the sector, this exhibition is for you! For more information please visit the XR website
Panel: The Future of Professions
1.45-3.15pm, Thursday 3 December | FREE, registration required
Where: AGWA Theatrette
Immersive technology or otherwise, the shape of professions has utterly changed in the Workforce 4.0 environment. Some of these changes have been hastened by COVID-19, but what are the impacts on the way we work in professions that have traditionally been 2-Dimensionally oriented? For more information please visit the XR website
Panel: Levelling Up: Diversity in Immersive & Games
3.45pm,Thursday 3 December | FREE, registration required
Where: AGWA Theatrette
One of the most interesting things about working in the immersive and games sectors aside from just how fascinating it is, is that it’s uncluttered by established ways of doing things, established pathways and established career paths. This freshness however, can meet head-on with old ways of doing and approaching business in established industries and firms as well as old creative structures that may have been in the control of established players, systems and structures for a very long time. In this session we bring together a panel of people who are carving out their own way, creating their own opportunities and working with multiple sectors, in multiple forms with multiple aims. For more information please visit the XR website
Screening: Synthetic Pleasures
3.45-5pm, Sunday 6 December | FREE, registration required
Where: AGWA Theatrette
This excellent documentary is a blast from the past and shows with great precision where we have come from and where we may be going in the world of tech and the culture surrounding it since 1995. In doing so, it reframes our relationship with so many things we’ve become so comfortable with…and also has a fabulous retro design sensibility that’s sure to inspire. For more information please visit the XR website
