Starting January 24, the selected duo will develop and elaborate their concept to prepare the project for production for eight weeks. With the help of our team of specialists and resources to develop their concept within our spaces, these artists will have the chance to create in a vibrant environment bringing together art and technology.
Project description
0 is the suspended dimension between presence and absence, life and death. 0 is the place that used to be before we came into the world: the metaphorical journey that we must all make before being born, from darkness to light, from absence to presence, from being disembodied to having a body.
The artwork combines visual art, video art, and interactivity using infrared cameras and real-time engines while integrating linear storytelling. The body and movement of each participant control the narrative according to each individual's inner rhythm.
Artists biographies
The laureates are an XR artist duo formed by Iolanda Di Bonaventura, a transmedia artist, director, and screenwriter of virtual reality projects; and Saverio Trapasso, a creative technologist with expertise ranging from programming to knowledge of the entire production pipeline of XR and computer graphics projects. Di Bonaventura and Trapasso have exhibited around Europe and participated in several editions of the Venice Biennale to further their training in mixed reality. They are currently based in Italy.
To learn more about their backgrounds and their project within the residency, visit phi.ca.
ABOUT - RESIDENCIES
Specifically oriented to the creative development of immersive or interactive artwork, this residency provides the opportunity for an artist to receive support from PHI's Studio team and access to PHI's facilities to develop their innovative idea.
A big thank you to our jury: Michel Reilhac, Caroline Monet, Phoebe Greenberg, Coline Delbaere, et Myriam Achard.
And a special mention to our PHI committee: Annabelle Fiset, Thomas Azoug, Joël Guérin-Simard, Sarah Migos, Isabelle Brodeur, Colline Delbaere, Julie Tremblay, Marc-André Nadeau and Andrew Gray.
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