Since its recent resurging popularity, virtual reality (VR) has often been seen as a wow factor rather than a narrative medium. However, does the medium have more to offer besides an exciting immersive experience? Will VR bring in a new perspective of storytelling? If yes, how can we achieve it? In the forum "Virtual Reality for Narrative Experience", interdisciplinary artist Kaho Albert Yu and VR curator of Kaohsiung Film Festival Grace Lee will share their current projects in the exploration of virtual reality as a narrative form.

In Cantonese and Mandarin with simplified Mandarin interpretation for Cantonese content.

Speakers:

Grace Huai-Chin LEE

Hosting VR FILM LAB project at Kaohsiung Film Archive, award-winning producer Grace has been working in XR field since 2018. Including coproducing VR content internationally, programming XR section for Kaohsiung Film Festival, she has maintained connections with international film festivals including Venice, Tribeca, Newimages and many XR related institution.

Kaho Albert Yu

Kaho Albert Yu is an animation and new media artist whose works often employ computer graphics, photography and digital technology. Over the past twenty plus years, Kaho has also been a software engineer, a technical director for feature animation films including Shrek 2 and the Ice Age series, an assistant professor at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong and a bicycle workshop owner.
Kaho received a BE in Computer Engineering from the University of New South Wales, and a MFA in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts. His experimental animations have been awarded and selected by various international film and new media art festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, interFilm Berlin, SIGGRAPH, and Festival du nouveau cinéma.
His current interest is in the spatial aspect of VR storytelling. He is currently working on a VR animation with the support from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

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 Date: 24/2/2021 (Wed)
 Time : 5:00pm (HKT)
 Venue: Zoom via link
Details: https://fb.me/e/J8p3Q4lS
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