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The exhibition RESONANT REALITIES- Exhibition of the VR ART PRIZE by DKB in Cooperation with CAA Berlin took place from April 16 to July 4, 2021 at Haus am Lützowplatz in Berlin and showed the VR works and installations of the grant winners of the VR ART PRIZE, Banz & Bowinkel, Evelyn Bencicova, Patricia Detmering, Armin Keplinger and Lauren Moffatt, and was curated by Tina Sauerlaender Artistic Director of the VR ART PRIZE.
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RESONANT REALITIES
Exhibition of the VR ART PRIZE by DKB in Cooperation with CAA Berlin
Featuring the works of the grant recipients: Banz & Bowinkel, Evelyn Bencicova, Patricia Detmering, Armin Keplinger and Lauren Moffatt
April 16 – June 6, 2021 at Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Each individual perceives the world through different lenses. Our personal views determine our impressions of our surroundings. Communication and exchange enable the possibility of encountering and understanding other outlooks. This act can be understood as a resonance of various realities. By putting one's own perspective in relation to another’s, it is possible to expand our own. In the best case, this process may create an open and empathetic coexistence within our society.
In the exhibition space, we interact with virtual reality artworks that here form a digital resonance of the physical world. We encounter virtual beings, observe interpersonal exchanges, and witness arrangements among artificial intelligence. The digital works resonate in the exhibition space in corresponding site-specific installations. The contrast between the physical and computer-generated worlds reveals the divergent parameters that apply to each location. Depending on the environment and one’s own viewpoint, the objects appear in variants and communication follows a different set of rules.
The artistic works reveal a deeper understanding of the digital realm and present technology as a human product which is inextricably linked to our values and norms. Our engagement with these works unlocks the possibility of questioning our relationship to culture, to our fellow human beings, and to the machines and technologies that surround us. This process consequently prompts a reexamination of our thoughts and actions.
Curated by: Tina Sauerlaender (Artistic Director)
More information: vrkunst.dkb.de
Online Events and Timeslot booking: hal-berlin.de
Image credits: Patricia Detmering, Aporia, 2020 / Evelyn Bencicova, Arielle Esther, Joris Demnard (Ikonospace), Artificial Tears, 2019 / Lauren Moffatt, Image Technology Echoes, 2020 / Banz & Bowinkel, Poly Mesh, 2020 / Armin Keplinger, THE ND-Serial, 2020/2021
Tina Sauerlaender, Photo by J. Pegman, 2020
Peer to space’s Co-Founder, Director and Head Curator was appointed Artistic Director of the VR ART PRIZE by DKB in Cooperation with CAA Berlin. The VR ART PRIZE is the first art prize for virtual reality in the field of visual arts with an institutional exhibition in Germany and aims to contribute to the structural establishment of this emerging medium in art. The prize focuses on exploring the artistic potential of new technologies, seeking to explore and critically reflect on how they impact on individuals and society. The prize aims to contribute to the structural establishment of this emerging medium in art.
The Open Call for VR artists is open until June 30, 2020.