The VR Gallery Project aims to find out: Can we use VR to enable creative art students (or any artists for that matter) to pre-visualise their work within a gallery environment and experiment with the scale of their art works?
Why?
Why?
Art students do not tend to present their work in a gallery space until the end of their study and because they do not (necessarily) have any prior experience of exhibiting, they do not know how their work is going to look in a given space.
Scale is a very important part of an artwork. It affects the way the viewer approaches and understands it. However, most students tend to work at a table top scale, i.e. working on paper, canvas or sculpture that fits within the area of a standard table. A3 looks large on a table, but looks tiny in a gallery! Could VR give students access to a tool that would encourage them to think about scale beyond the table top? Could VR enable a student to pre-visualize the impact that a large or small version of their art work would have on their audience? The only way they can test this is by experiencing it for themselves.
Virtual Reality (VR) technology has finally arrived at a point where it can deliver what has long been promised: A totally immersive and ‘real’ experience that is completely believable. So can we use it, in the classroom or studio as a pre-visualisation tool for artists to experiment with scale.
I was thrilled to come across your blog post about the VR Gallery Project. It's exciting to see how you're using virtual reality as a tool to expand the reach and accessibility of art. Your goal of creating a "test bed for virtual art galleries" is truly innovative and has the potential to revolutionize the art world. I love how you're also exploring the possibilities of VR In Healthcare in enhancing the viewing experience of art. The ability to get up close and personal with a piece of art, without being limited by physical barriers, is something that traditional galleries can't offer. I am excited to see where this project goes in the future and how it will continue to shape the art world. Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind comments. It is an area that is going through an unbelievable rate of change and innovation at the moment. A
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