Beyond Immersion

506 San Jacinto Boulevard,Austin TX 78701

14 March, 2023

Description

presented by New Dutch Wave, CreativeNL & Dutch Digital Delta Immersive Experiences combine the worlds of technology and art to create engaging and exciting experiences for audiences. We’ll explore how immersive experiences have evolved over time, and examine how artists are collaborating with engineers to deliver new realities. In this session, Dutch pioneers who are conquering the world will share their vision. Welcome by Barbera Wolfensberger, Director-General Culture & Media at the Dutch Ministry of Culture, and Frits Grotenhuis, Director of Topsector ICTHenry Coutinho-Mason, author of The Future Normal, How we will live, work and thrive in the next decade, and a keynote speaker at SXSW - will give a short introduction on the future of immersive tech. With cases presented by Rutger Jansen - Drone Stories Light Performances, storytelling pioneers that with their drone shows work on the intersection between art, design, and technology: from the Formula1 Las Vegas Party to Burning Man 2022, from Spotify at ADE Amsterdam to Franchise Freedom at Art Basel Miami - enchanting crowds across the globeNaut Donders - Founder of Unfold.art, which offers breathtaking immersive experiences at the intersection of art, technology, new media and music. Their show SORA is a kinetic installation that takes you on a meditative journey of light and sound - about to tour the world.Marcel van Brakel, Fellow at Sundance Institute and New Frontier Story Lab and Founder POLYMORF, presenting Symbiosis - one of the first fully sensory storytelling experiences—including individualized haptic suits, soft robotics, VR audio and visual, as well as taste and smell-based story elements. Agter a three month show at the Portland Art Museum now part of the SXSW exhibition.René van Engelenburg, Artistic and General Director of DROPSTUFF MEDIA, presenting The Water Arch, an immersive installation that brings the ever-increasing use of clean drinking water to the attention of a wider audience in a playful way. **IMPORTANT : An official SXSW badge is required to enter this event.** Badge holders only: This event is aimed at delegates of SXSW. Contact us at [email protected] if you are not a badge holder but want to attend. Please note: Just in case you registered but can no longer attend the event, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can give your spot to another person. Please let us know if you have any questions: [email protected] We are very much looking forward to meeting you all. 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The right includes the right to transfer the rights to the aforementioned extent to third parties for reporting purposes with regard to the event. There shall be no commercial use of the images except to the extent specified in Clause 1. The participant is aware that New Dutch Wave is not obliged to provide any consideration for the use of the participant's photographs to the aforementioned extent, i.e. the event participants make the rights to their own picture available free of licence fees. This event is made possible by CreativeNL, the international governmental platform for the Dutch Creative Industry and Topsector ICT. Topsector ICT identifies, prioritises and organises ICT research and innovation. The event is also part of the Tour by New Dutch Wave, from 9 to 13 March. If you want to join this event as well, see for more info here: www.newdutchwave.com