ANIMATED REALITY: AN OCULUS RIFT INSTALLATION

TAIS and the Ottawa International Animation Festival present two experimental pieces for the Oculus Rift by Brett Long and Madi PIller as part of a program focusing on the VR technology. Experience animator/artist/filmmaker Brett Long’s stop-motion animation adventure in Panoramic 3D. Interact with artist/Filmmaker Madi Piller’s new work that experiments with 35 mm and Oculus Rift.  Long, Piller and others working with the technology discuss their pieces at a panel on Saturday, September 19 at 5:30 pm in the Arts Court Theatre

 \”In Dubitably\”
Brett Long\’s research/production new work Is a short experimental \”mood piece\” set in space. Presented as an installation, the film is an immersive 360 degree observational animation of outer space/inner space/ virtual space…that allows the audience to intimately witness other life forms and planets in a first-of-its-kind experience. Produced at TAIS through the Petman Foundation artist in Residence.

DIMENSIONS: \”The Fungi Affair\” 
The new work by Madi Piller is the result of direct printing on 35mm film utilizing diverse mushroom spore prints as the initial source of her experimentations. Madi confronts the digital world as her work evolves into the creation of an idyllic space in virtual reality were mushrooms are disproportionately tall. The viewer enters the virtual world to perceive and discover events that are triggered by abstract elements in the landscape through the use of an Oculus Rift headset. Imagery from the 35mm film prints are extracted to accompany the exhibition, adding a spatial interpolation to her explorations, reflecting a mysterious dimension to the work. Produced with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the OAIF website HERE.