As a composer and audiovisual artist, I want to explore personal, societal, and environmental issues with directness, intimacy, and empathy.

 

We now live in an age of digital bombardment; of hypnotic algorithms and pacifying noise - yet, a new generation of perceptual tools are emerging. Extended Reality technology can be used to amplify this background static, or it can be used to bypass overloaded information systems and communicate in new and powerful ways.

XR makes it possible to experience life as a refugee, as someone dealing with gender dysphoria, or even to take the form of a tree in a rain forest. In turn, research shows that these experiences can help people manage anxiety and depression, promote feeling of agency and self-efficacy, and increase emotional empathy. They raise awareness of crucial issues by teaching through lived experience.

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I believe the affordances of extended reality represents a new creative landscape. Using music, spatial audio, visual arts, and interactivity, I am trying to understand the artistic potential of that terrain.