XR community will be enlarged for one more significant player on the field. Filmmaker and XR creator Ondřej Moravec decided to establish the new VR festival devoted to creative and innovative art projects. And the home of this event will be the historical city of Prague in the Czech Republic and one of the most prestigious galleries in the region – DOX: Centre of Contemporary Art. The event will take place in the term November 1st – December 3rd.
First festival in Central and Eastern Europe devoted exclusively to XR experiences
Ondrej Moravec is one of the pioneers of the XR creative projects in Central Europe. He is curating VR programs for several festivals in the Czech Republic (Anifilm, Zlin Film Fest, Summer Film School). His first VR project DARKENING was premiered at Venice Film Festival 2022 and only a few months after his second project FRESH MEMORIES: THE LOOK was part of the XR competition at SXSW 2023.
“For me it’s a great opportunity to launch the new festival completely devoted to XR projects. I believe that Prague can become one of the most important XR centers in the world, next to the US, France or Canada. Our goal is to bring as many XR authors as possible to one place and create the melting pot of creativity, art and new technologies. The XR authors have rather limited options to present their works personally at the festivals as they are often on the edge of the interest of the film festivals. Art*VR festival wants to give space to the authors to present their work and let them shine.
Ondrej Moravec, Festival founder
ART* VR festival: what can you expect
- 10 most innovative art projects in VR competition
- 10 projects in non-competitive section devoted to main topic of the festival
- Focus on the projects for the Visegrad Region
- 4 Awards: Best Art*VR Project Award, Grand Jury Award, Best Interactive Design Award and Best Storytelling Award
- VR projects accompanied by the unique physical installations created by festival organizers or authors themselves
- XR conference Zip-Scene: up to 50 speakers talking about the current topics in the XR world
- Unique program for schools
- One month long event, around 5000 visitors expected
Submit your XR projects till July 31st
Festival committee will select in total 20-25 projects.
- The submitted projects must be produced in 2022 or 2023. Older projects will not be accepted.
- The submitted projects can be standalone XR experiences or XR installations. Festival accepts VR, AR and MR projects.
- We are looking for World/ International/ European premieres, but we welcome also projects with no premiere status as we want to present the best projects in the season.
- Information about selection results will be announced to authors during September 2023.
Submit here: https://form.jotform.com/231016934007043
More information: https://artvr.cz
