VR Salon Exhibition
WEIRD REALITY has teamed up with the 2016 VIA Festival to bring you our VR Salon, Pittsburgh’s first virtual reality exhibition, featuring award-winning and experimental film, indie games, and interactive works by local, national and international artists. This exhibition is free, all-ages, and open to the public. No WEIRD REALITY or conference or VIA festival pass is required.
Location: 2nd-floor Ballroom of the Ace Hotel (120 South Whitfield Street; map)
Please note our revised open hours:
- Thursday October 06 – 6pm-12:30pm
- Friday October 07 – 6pm-10pm
- Saturday October 08 – 12pm-6pm
Co-curated by Lauren Goshinski (VIA) and Golan Levin (CMU), the featured works include:
- Alfredo Salazar-Caro et al., DiMoDA Museum of Art
- Caroline Sinders & Mani Nilchiani, Dark Patterns
- Char Stiles & Alicia Iott, Life in the Dreamhouse
- Christopher Manzione, Ricky Graham & Seth Cluett, To Notice and Remember
- Claire Hentschker, Shining360
- Jeremy Bailey, AR Pregnancy Simulator
- Jesse Stiles & Dan Moore, Untitled
- Kokoromi Collective, SuperHyperCube
- Laura Juo-Hsin Chen, PoopVR
- Martha Hipley, Ur Cardboard Pet (online)
- Milica Zec, Winslow Porter et al., Giant
- Nitzan Bartov, The Artificial and Intelligent
- Paolo Pedercini, A Short History of the Gaze
- Rachel Rossin, Untitled VR
- Sarah Rothberg, Oops I accidentally put on your headset / BLOB CHAT
- Scatter, CLOUDS / Exquisite Museum
- The Institute for New Feeling, Virtual Shopping Experience
- Vngravity, D.R.E.A.M.H.O.U.S.E.
Some of the VR Salon projects can be viewed and experienced online: