Join multimedia artist Ina Chen for an immersive exploration of how game engines can transform environmental storytelling with a focus on real-time performance. Through an in-depth look at her groundbreaking work "4993 Feet Under"—a meditation on the Deepwater Horizon disaster—Chen will reveal how real-time tools can create powerful narratives about our relationship with the natural world.
What You'll Learn
- How to blend documentary footage with virtual production techniques
- Approaches to environmental storytelling using game engines
- Methods for creating dynamic, performative experiences in real-time
- Techniques for developing narrative depth in virtual environments
- Ways to translate research and data into compelling visual stories
Why Attend
Whether you're a filmmaker, digital artist, or environmental storyteller, this talk offers unique insights into how game engines can amplify impact. Learn how Chen transforms scientific data and environmental research into emotionally resonant experiences through virtual production.
About the Artist
Ina Chen is a Multicultural Experience Designer whose work explores the intersection of technology and cultural storytelling. With a background in architecture and filmmaking, she creates speculative environments that challenge our understanding of space and narrative. Her work has been featured at SLAMDANCE International Film Festival, Art Basel Miami, and NOWNESS Global & Asia. She is currently part of the NEW INC & NEW MUSEUM's Year 9 incubator cohort, focusing on Extended Reality.
Details
- Recording will be available to ticket holders
- All experience levels welcome
- Q&A session included
Logistics
Date: November 18th, 2024 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 7 PM CET
Time: 1 hour
Format: Live online workshop via Zoom with Miro collaboration Experience Level: Intermediate - participants should have basic familiarity with interface design principles
Additional Info: Workshop recording available to participants
Artist Information
Darion McCoy is a UI/UX Designer & Front-End Developer in Richmond, VA. He is a multidisciplinary creative who makes art and works on game design development. Darion also runs local art courses focused on marginalized communities. He is currently developing Angel's Nest, a folk-horror survival game set in an alternative, pre-colonial Africa.
Join multimedia artist Ina Chen for an immersive exploration of how game engines can transform environmental storytelling with a focus on real-time performance. Through an in-depth look at her groundbreaking work "4993 Feet Under"—a meditation on the Deepwater Horizon disaster—Chen will reveal how real-time tools can create powerful narratives about our relationship with the natural world.
What You'll Learn
- How to blend documentary footage with virtual production techniques
- Approaches to environmental storytelling using game engines
- Methods for creating dynamic, performative experiences in real-time
- Techniques for developing narrative depth in virtual environments
- Ways to translate research and data into compelling visual stories
Why Attend
Whether you're a filmmaker, digital artist, or environmental storyteller, this talk offers unique insights into how game engines can amplify impact. Learn how Chen transforms scientific data and environmental research into emotionally resonant experiences through virtual production.
About the Artist
Ina Chen is a Multicultural Experience Designer whose work explores the intersection of technology and cultural storytelling. With a background in architecture and filmmaking, she creates speculative environments that challenge our understanding of space and narrative. Her work has been featured at SLAMDANCE International Film Festival, Art Basel Miami, and NOWNESS Global & Asia. She is currently part of the NEW INC & NEW MUSEUM's Year 9 incubator cohort, focusing on Extended Reality.
Details
- Recording will be available to ticket holders
- All experience levels welcome
- Q&A session included
Logistics
Date: November 18th, 2024 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 7 PM CET
Time: 1 hour
Format: Live online workshop via Zoom with Miro collaboration Experience Level: Intermediate - participants should have basic familiarity with interface design principles
Additional Info: Workshop recording available to participants
Artist Information
Darion McCoy is a UI/UX Designer & Front-End Developer in Richmond, VA. He is a multidisciplinary creative who makes art and works on game design development. Darion also runs local art courses focused on marginalized communities. He is currently developing Angel's Nest, a folk-horror survival game set in an alternative, pre-colonial Africa.
About Our Programming
Interdisciplinary
We love having people from a variety of backgrounds. You don't need to be a "games" person.
Original
Our attendees come from all walks of life from around the world! New things come from new places.
EMERGENT
No experts here. We're looking for folks on their way to where they want to go.