‘Realities in Transition’ is a Europe wide project that researches the impact of ‘extended reality’ (XR). During the residencies at V2_ Lab in Rotterdam, the selected applicants received access to V2_’s facilities, productional and curatorial support, and the opportunity to participate in an XR workshop and receive expert feedback.

TEST_LAB

Test_Lab is a public events series organized by V2_ that provides an informal setting for the presentation, demonstration, testing and discussion of artistic research and development.

ARTISTS

Leon van Oldenborgh
Leo Scarin & Marlot Meyer
Hugo Pilate & Pedro Gil Farias
Studio Comrades (Edith Dingemans & Nicol Colga)
Rebecca Merlic
Eva Iszoro 
Calin Segal

REALITIES IN TRANSITION

How we experience digital content is changing rapidly with the emergence of extended reality, or XR. XR brings together virtual, augmented and mixed reality to create a blended reality in which data seamlessly mingles with the physical environment. The impact of this new integrated world is becoming evident across society in domains such as education, health care, industry and culture. Inevitably, the opportunities XR presents also introduce critical issues relating to sustainability, ethics, data privacy, and unequal access to technology, to name a few examples. XR tools offer creatives and artists compelling possibilities for building upon and challenging existing modes of content creation and storytelling while helping to develop original methodologies for producing new artistic media.

We consider art and design to be the appropriate experimental context for reflecting on the challenges and opportunities of XR. Art and design provide the imaginative scope to assess the impact of technological developments in a social context and investigate radical alternatives.