Digital Futures: The Impact of Immersive Media

SFUW, VIFF, NFB, and SFU Galleries present a discourse event with artists and arts programmers on how interactive arts impact the future of theatre, cinema, arts programming and curation. Hosted by Sarah Diamond and Marsha Lederman. Sept 19, 2015 from 2-4 pm. Tickets: $10 at door or at sfuwoodwards.ca. Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver. GCA_Guestservices@sfu.ca or call 778-782-9286.

Artists, scientists, writers, scholars, and technologists are just beginning to recognize and understand the potential of emerging digital technologies that create immersive augmented and virtual reality experiences. These advancements are leading us to invent hybrid interactive art forms and create new kinds of audience experiences that are popping up at film festivals museums, art galleries and other interdisciplinary events around the world. Digital Futures: The Impact of Immersive Media takes a critical look at what characterizes these new immersive forms of interactive content, their effective application, and what they may mean for the future art media distribution.

Panel Part 1 (2:00 – 2:45 pm): Programming within the Digital Interactive Arts Space
Moderated by Marsha Lederman, Globe and Mail Arts Correspondent
Panelists: Michelle Van Beusekom (National Film Board of Canada), Alan Franey (Vancouver International Festival), Melanie O’Brian (SFU Galleries), Thecla Schiporist (SFU’s School for Interactive Arts & Technology)Panel Part 2 (2:45– 4:00 pm): Artists & Innovators on Creating with Immersive and Interactive Arts
Moderated by Sara Diamond, President of OCAD University
Panelists: Stan Douglas, Loc Dao of NFB Digital Studio, Jeffrey Shaw, Sarah Kenderdine

Direct link: http://www.sfu.ca/sfuwoodwards/events/events1/2015-2016Fall/DigitalFuturesDiscourse.html —Hidden Pasts, Digital Futures: A Festival of Immersive Arts
Presented on the occasion of SFU’s 50th Anniversary by SFU Woodward’s, VIFF, and the NFB
September 18 - Oct 16th. SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W. Hastings St. On the occasion of SFU’s 50th Anniversary, SFU Woodward’s, in collaboration with the VIFF and the NFB invite you to experience the digital creations of Jeffrey Shaw, Sarah Kenderdine, Robert Lepage, Stan Douglas, and the NFB Digital Studio. Step into 3D exhibits and be transported to heritage sites a world away, including Pure Land: Inside the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang and Vijayanagara (Hampi), South India, and and through post WWII Vancouver. To sign up for your free tour at sfuwoodwards.ca