OpenIdea_104 Immerea: Movement, Perception, and the Body in Hybrid Spaces

What can you expect?

The talk reflects on interdisciplinary practices in virtual and hybrid spaces, focusing on the relationship between bodies, movement, and expression across physical and digital environments. Drawing from examples from our own practice, the lecture will focus on embodied interaction and perception, discussing how experimental, cross-disciplinary approaches can open new ways of thinking about movement and experience in immersive media.

Speakers: Flavia Mazzanti and Manuel Bonell are co-founders of Immerea, a Vienna-based creative studio dedicated to experimental VR games and interactive installations. Coming from backgrounds in art and architecture, their interdisciplinary practice explores new modes of perception and interaction in virtual and hybrid spaces, with a strong focus on artistic quality and level of experimentation. Their work has been exhibited internationally at institutions and festivals including Ars Electronica (Linz), DIG Shibuya (Tokyo), KunstHaus Wien (Vienna), Kunsthaus Graz (Graz), FILE Festival (São Paulo), MESH Festival (Basel), DA Z - Digital Arts Festival Zurich, and ADAF - Athens Digital Arts Festival. Alongside their studio practice, they are both active as university lecturers, speakers, and co-organizers of XR Austria, Austria’s largest community for immersive technologies.

Event language

English

Audience

All interested parties are warmly invited to participate.

Participation 

Participation in the event is free of charge and no registration is required.

Details of the event

With the OpenIdea event series, the FHV's InterMedia degree programme invites you to an open discussion round in which exciting and diverse topics in the field of Design and Design are highlighted. International guests from a wide range of fields offer inspiring insights and encourage discussion. The focus will be on social & design, cultural and artistic aspects, Business and Management issues, technological developments and media strategies and their impact. OpenIdea offers a platform for interdisciplinary exchange and creates space for stimulating discussions about current challenges and trends. The event takes place several times a year and invites students, experts and interested parties to debate the future of Design together.