OPEN CALL:AR & VR Art with Sutu Eats Flies and Jama Jurabaev

CAMP is a residential arts facility in the French Pyrenees. It’s a place where great art is made, new movements are formed, new ideas are explored and groundbreaking people are nurtured. CAMP is located in Aulus les Bains, the last village before the France/Spain Pyrenean frontier chain. The location is spectacular – we are nestled at 750m above sea level, surrounded by snowcapped peaks over 3000m high, ancient forests and cascading waterfalls. There are eagles, lammergeiers, vultures, ibex and bears. Walk out of the residency, and within ten minutes you are completely alone in one of the most beautiful mountain landscapes in Europe. Aulus les Bains is also a spa village – there are hot water springs, and a thermal spa in the village to take advantage of the healing and relaxing properties of the water.

Workshop dates: 14/07/2021 – 18/07/2021

When Google’s Tilt Brush launched in 2016, digital artists hurled themselves at it – with its powerful control of textures, volumes and geometry, Tilt Brush was rapidly proven as the most versatile tool around for creating immersive virtual reality artwork, environments and experiences. The same year, Bjork launched “Bjork Digital”, her ground-breaking exhibition of 360-degree VR music videos accompanying tracks from her album Vulnicura. It was a pinnacle year for VR, but Google were stepping into a rich, existing scene – artists had been working towards the creation of VR works since Morton Heilig’s Sensorama (1956), Myron Krueger’s VIDEOPLACE (1975), the StereoGraphics company’s experiments throughout the 80s, SEGA VR and Nintendo Virtual Boy in the 90s, and the arrival of sophisticated and lightweight VR tech in the early 2010’s.

The current generation of hardware and software allow for the fast, fluid creation of VR worlds (and the insertion of AR elements into the real world) which can be mass-experienced, blurring the limits of gaming, reality, storytelling and art. Reality can be seamlessly augmented with digital artworks, distinct virtual realities can be networked, shared and adapted by audiences, the artist becomes world-maker, the audience is no longer passive; in this brave new world, art does not reflect life – art forms the myriad worlds in which life takes place.

This workshop will blend a variety of approaches to 3D creation – Sutu will focus on painting in Tilt Brush, publishing paintings to Poly, working with Tilt Brush paintings in Unity, animating a camera through your painting, and photogrammetry scanning of the epic landscape. Jama will take the group through the VR drawing and sculpting workflow he uses to create designs for films such as Star Wars: Mandalorian, Guardians of the Galaxy and Blade Runner: Revelations

Sutu Eats Flies uses art and technology in new ways to tell stories. He has been commissioned by the likes of Marvel, Google and Disney to create VR art for projects such as Doctor Strange and Ready Player One. He has also created four VR documentaries; Inside Manus for SBS, Mind at War for Ryot Films and The Battle of Hamel for the Australian War Memorial and Future Dreaming for NITV. He is also known for his interactive comics including the Eisner-nominated These Memories Won’t Last. The Webby award-winning Nawlz, The Gold Ledger-winning Neomad, and Modern Polaxis. He holds a Honorary Doctorate of Digital Media from Central Queensland University, is a 2017 Sundance Fellow and is the co-founder of EyeJack an Augmented Reality company.

Jama Jurabaev is a professional concept artist, illustrator and a matte painter from Tajikistan, currently working in the movie and game industry in London, UK. He originally studied Aerospace Engineering but later decided to move into concept art. He is currently a freelance concept artist for LucasFilm and, previously, he worked for studios including Framestore, MPC, Marvel Studios, Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures, with credits including Ready Player One, Jurassic World 2, Star Wars, and many more. Other clients include Lexus, Infiniti, Samsung, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nike.

In 2012 he began working as a matte painter in the commercial department at MPC (London), with clients including Audi, Samsung, Lexus, Mercedes and Nike. At MPC, Jama got his first taste of Hollywood working on movies such as Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Men: Days of Future Past. From MPC he moved to Framestore, where he got even more involved in film: he was lead concept artist for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Beauty and the Beast, Ready Player One and Pan. Other film credits include Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Blade Runner: Revelations and Geostorm.

Jama is currently collaborating with Industrial Light and Magic and Lucas Film, notably on Star Wars: Mandalorian, and developing his own projects as a director.

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Duration of residency

5 full days / 6 nights

Accommodation

Peaceful, private rooms with mountain views.

Disciplines, work equipment and assistance

The workshop is based around VR, AR art. We have extensive facilities and equipment – see the website for details. VR equipment will be supplied by HTC.

Studio / Workspace

CAMP is based in a renovated hotel – there are many available work spaces, including private studios, gallery spaces, performance spaces, teaching rooms and installation spaces. Modular equipment can be moved around the building, and you can put your workspace together – complete with audio, projection and installation equipment – however you wish.

Fees and support

The workshop costs €1299, inclusive of accommodation, excellent food and drinks (all diets catered for), transport from Toulouse and all activities. Grants, bursaries and discounts available, see www.campfr.com/funding

Expectations towards the artist

Post-workshop opportunities include release, broadcast, publication, exhibition, performance and touring – we run three record labels, a radio station, Fuse Art Space (one of the UK’s most exciting arts venues), a publishing imprint and frequently organise tours and exhibitions for our supported artists.

Application deadline 7/7/2021

Application information

Reserve your place at https://www.campfr.com
No payment is required to reserve a place.