News and features: Sharing knowledge from the IDFA DocLab R&D Program

In addition to developing their research at DocLab, the artists who participate in the R&D Program are out there sharing their knowledge abroad. Take a look at some of the critical discourses taking place in the world of interactive and immersive non-fiction, and what our beloved program participants have to say.

DocLab research collaboration partners include MIT Open Documentary Lab, Sound & Vision, ARTIS-Planetarium, Diversion cinema, National Film Board of Canada, POPKRAFT, The Immersive Storytelling Studio (National Theatre), Atlas V, ONX Studio, Polymorf, Eye Filmmuseum and Flemish Cultural Center de Brakke Grond.

Survey of the distribution of immersive media for the Netherlands.

This survey conducted by Cassette describes a number of recommendations, as well as potential strategies and future models for the VR sector in the Netherlands.

IDFA DocLab Creative Exchange

The IDFA DocLab R&D Summit 2021 in retrospect

DocLab interview series with Kent Bye

On the occasion of its 15th anniversary, IDFA DocLab presents a series of interviews with pioneering artists, creative technologists, and industry leaders that have been part of the DocLab program in the past decade and a half.

Mengtai Zhang and Lemon Guo on: Diagnosia

This episode of the Voices of VR Podcast discusses Diagnosia, a VR piece that premiered at IDFA DocLab 2021 and was supported by the DocLab R&D program. In this interview the creators talk about the production process as well as more context to some of the debates around Internet Addiction happening within China.

Layers of Place: The Art of Augmenting Public Spaces and Places with Stories and Technologies

Part one of an online conversation series in which an interdisciplinary group of pioneering artists including Jackson 2bears, Halsey Burgund, Glenn Cantave, and Tamiko Thiel will discuss the aesthetics, audiences and ethics of working with and within communities to augment public spaces and places with new meanings, stories, and voices.

Layers of Place: Bringing Communities Together by Augmenting Places with Stories, Voices, and Technologies

Part two of an online conversation series in which an interdisciplinary group of artists, scholars, and civic leaders including filmmaker Carla Bishop, urban planner Lafayette Cruise, artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and interdisciplinary artist Shey Rivera Ríos will discuss the potentials and challenges of augmenting places within communities and with stories to build bridges and bring people together.

What's on and what's next for artists in the DocLab R&D Program

In the lead up to another year of the R&D Program, we reconnected with 10 artists and their current research projects.

Catching up with the IDFA DocLab R&D Program: 6 projects on the rise

After the first year of the IDFA DocLab R&D Program, we caught up with some of the artists who participated in the program. Where are they now?

Interview: “We are fighting to put creativity before technology”

The founders of VR spaces creators and immersive experience distributor Diversion cinema, one of DocLab's important research collaborators, talk about their work and vision of the XR industry.

Voices of VR Podcast: Kent Bye in conversation with artist Rob Eagle

A discussion about using augmented reality to explore gender identity in Rob Eagle's work Through the Wardrobe, that during IDFA DocLab 2019 took place in a pop-up shop in the hallways of Amsterdam’s Central Station.

Interview: William Uricchio (MIT) on his research with DocLab

During the 2019 festival, we talked to Uricchio about his research with DocLab, the nature and development of new digital media as well as their relationship with traditional forms of expression, and the cultural and technological trends in the field that we can expect in the coming years.

Voices of VR Podcast: in conversation with VR creator Ali Eslami

This episode of the Voices of VR Podcast explores the preservation of avant-garde digital culture and VR embodiment, with a special focus on Ali Eslami's work Nerd_Funk (official DocLab 2019 selection).

Research podcast: A Dinner with Frankenstein AI

In this episode of Sandbox, Lance Weiler, Rachel Ginsberg, and Nick Fortugno sit down to discuss A Dinner with Frankenstein AI and share their experience of collaborating with a machine.

Voices of VR podcast: in conversation with Anagram about The Collider

The Collider, realized with the support of IDFA DocLab and part of the official selection of 2018, is an immersive experience that uses your memories and your body as a platform to explore asymmetrical power dynamics with another person. In this episode the co-founders of Anagram discuss how they explore power dynamics in this work and use body as the platform.

Essay: “5 reasons why I believe AI can have mental illness”

Shirin Anlen, the artist behind I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other People’s Families, interrogates the dominant narrative of machines as rational beings in this Becoming Human essay.

Article: “Family2Family: First Steps”

Following the DocLab showcase of I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other People’s Families, artist Shirin Anlen documents her research process in Immerse.

Interview: “Exploring Power and Connection Through VR with The Collider”

A conversation with Anagram’s Amy Rose and May Abdalla about their two-person interactive encounter.

Interview: Frederik Duerinck on Algorithmic Perfumery

Conducted by Montreal’s Phi Centre, this interview explains the machine learning behind Duerinck’s intelligent, interactive perfume installation.

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