Lola Baraldi (MUTEK, CA), Christl Baur (Ars Electronica, AT), Julien Lomet (Cosmosia Association, FR), Marie Point (Dark Euphoria, FR); moderator: Boris Debackere (V2_, NL),
Panel "Creating Extended Worlds – Good Practices in Producing XR Artworks"Boris Debackere (BE), Lola Baraldi (CA), Christl Baur (DE/AT), Julien Lomet (FR), Marie Point (FR)
Boris Debackere (BE)
Boris Debackere is an artist and researcher lecturing at LUCA School of Arts in Brussels. He serves as head of production at V2_, Lab in Rotterdam, an instigator of projects that interrogate and illuminate contemporary issues in art, science, technology, and society. His interdisciplinary practice revolves around the materiality and performativity of virtual environments and the experiential impact of media. He won the Georges Delete Prize and received the Ensor Sound Design Award.
Lola Baraldi (CA)
Lola Baraldi is a creative project manager currently working with MUTEK to facilitate partnerships & digital projects, including the production of the Immersive Collection, the festival’s first Extended Reality (XR) artworks. She began working in music as a freelance writer promoting Montréal’s electronic music scene, picking up new hats along the way. Baraldi co-founded the Montréal edition of shesaid.so, part of a global network aiming to create equitable opportunities in the music industry. She is now studying Cultural and Artistic Management and sits on Montréal’s Night Council.
Christl Baur (DE/AT)
Christl Baur is the Head of the Ars Electronica Festival, where she leads as an interdisciplinary researcher specializing in the convergence of art and science. She has curated and co-produced a wide range of exhibitions and performances, notably including the exhibition 40 Years of Humanizing Technology - Art, Technology, and Society in collaboration with CAFA and the Design Society in Shenzhen. China. Baur's expertise extends to various fields, including video art, new media technologies, computer art, biotechnology, and interactive art. Baur's contributions are not limited to practical endeavors but also extend to academic publications. Furthermore, Baur's expertise has made her a highly sought-after speaker at prestigious conferences. In addition, her contributions to the field of media art have been acknowledged through her participation in renowned international juries, including the NTU Global Digital Art Prize in Singapore, the Global Creative Technology Design Award, and the Best Media Art Graduation Diploma Competition in Poland.
Julien Lomet (FR)
Julien Lomet is a PhD student in digital art and virtual reality at the INReV Laboratory at Paris 8 University. He is working on collaboration in virtual reality, both in the creative process and in the performance of the artwork by interconnected spectators. His main focus is on the viewer as creator of a generative landscape, using interactivity and various sensors such as hands, breath and heartbeat to draw inspiration from Romantic painting, light and nostalgia.Alongside his work as an artist-researcher, Lomet coordinates various artistic events such as the Recto VRso festival in Laval. He also co-founded the association Cosmosia in 2022, which aims to create conferences-exhibitions in different French cities, in order to open up research to the general public while fostering cohesion between the various plastic and digital arts laboratories.
Marie Point (FR)
Marie Point is passionate about the crossroads between art, science and technology. She graduated from Paris Dauphine University with a master’s degree in cultural management. She has been working in the development of artistic innovative projects for 15 years, with a strong experience at the European level (including S+T+ARTS Horizon 2020 programme). She is currently the director of Dark Euphoria, a production agency based in South of France, focused on digital arts and immersive/interactive experiences. Having a passion for the encounter of performing arts and immersive technologies, she is developing many projects in that direction (such as the event Performing arts, digital stages at Festival d’Avignon).
