Venice VR Expanded
1 - 11 September 2021
Wednesday September 1st
MEET THE CREATORS #1
In person/avatar discussion + Q&A with the Venice VR Expanded Creators
ANGELS IN AMSTERDAM: ANNA ABRAHAMS & AVINASH CHANGA
END OF NIGHT: DAVID ADLER
SPIRIT OF PLACE: DALE DEACON
THE FINAL WISH: WANG HAIPEI, WANG SHANSHAN
KNOT: A TRILOGY: GLEN NEATH, DAVID ROSENBERG
Start Time: 17:00 CEST
Date: 1st September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host (see Boxol account for details)
HMD Compatibility: PC/Quest
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Amphitheatre
OPENING PARTY
Gen Z's virtual musician m1n0t0r has teamed with VR painter and visual artist Denis Semionov to create the first-ever social VR music album Knight of the Wailing Stars, produced by VRrOOm and whose first chapter is currently available on VRChat.
They are now partnering with French VR game studio INCARNA STUDIOS to offer the Venice VR audience a mesmerizing electronic music set. (Duration: 1h45)
Start Time: 22:00 CEST
Date: 1st September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host (see your Boxol account for details)
HMD Compatibility: PC/Quest
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Piazza
Thursday September 2nd
MEET THE CREATORS #2
In person/avatar discussion + Q&A with the Venice VR Expanded Creators
TEARLESS: GINA KIM
GENESIS: JOERG COURTIAL
SAMSARA: HSIN-CHIEN HUANG
Start Time: 17:00 CEST
Date: 2nd September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC/Quest
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Amphitheatre
World Hop #1 Host: Little Poe
A guided tour of VRChat filmmaker Joe Hunting's (aka Little Poe) favourite VRChat worlds. Little Poe will be joined by our Venice Event Host who you can join at any time during the event.
Start Time: 21:00 CEST
Date: 2nd September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host (see Boxol account for details)
HMD Compatibility: Quest with some PC only worlds at the end of the hop
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Piazza
Friday September 3rd
Meet the Creators #3
In person/avatar discussion + Q&A with the Venice VR Expanded Creators
CLAP: KEISUKE ITOH
LE BAL DE PARIS DE BLANCA LI: BLANCA LI
BLISS IN THE EAR OF A STORM: ADAM LIEBER
IL DUBBIO – EPISODE 2: MATTEO LONARDI, JAVIER LAJARA, JAVIER MARTINEZ
Start Time: 17:00 CEST
Date: 3rd September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC/Quest
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Amphitheatre
SHELTER
Programmed for our North American guests at a US friendly time slot.
SHELTER is a full music venue experience within VR, that features both big name EDM/Electronic artists as well as talent within the VRChat community. Featuring two venues, dynamic in world events, and world lore, SHELTER is the venue of choice to experience music within VR.
Start Time: 18:00 PST // 21:00 EST // 03:00 (+1) CEST
Date: 3rd September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host (see your Boxol account for details)
HMD Compatibility: PC only
Venue: VRChat - Shelter Nightclub
Saturday September 4th
Meet the Creators #4
In person/avatar discussion + Q&A with the Venice VR Expanded Creators
ANANDALA: KEVIN MACK
GOLIATH PLAYING WITH REALITY: BARRY GENE MURPHY, MAY ABDALLA
MONTEGELATO: DAVIDE RAPP
THE SEVERANCE THEORY: WELCOME TO RESPITE: LYNDSIE SCOGGIN
Start Time: 17:00 CEST
Date: 4th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC/Quest
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Amphitheatre
M.A.S.S.
M.A.S.S. or Metaversal Audio Signal System is a VRChat venue for cutting edge electronic music and visual performance. The first ever MASS performance at an EU friendly start time.
Start Time: 22:00 CEST
Date: 4th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC only
Venue: M.A.S.S. Nightclub
Sunday September 5th
Meet the Creators #5
In person/avatar discussion + Q&A with the Venice VR Expanded Creators
MARE: RUI GUERREIRO
THE SICK ROSE: TANG ZHI-ZHONG, HUANG YUN-HSIEN
MYRIAD.WHERE WE CONNECT: LENA THIELE, SEBASTIAN BAURMANN, DIRK HOFFMANN
THE LAST WORKER: JÖRG TITTEL
Start Time: 17:00 CEST
Date: 5th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC/Quest
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Amphitheatre
World Hop #2 Host: Manglebird
A guided tour of VRChat from VR content maker and producer of Venice VR expanded Mike Salmon aka Manglebird. The world hop host will be joined by our Venice Event Host which you can join any time during the event.
Start Time: 21:00 CEST
Date: 5th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host (see your account for details)
HMD Compatibility: Quest with some PC only worlds at the end of the hop
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Piazza
Monday September 6th
Meet the Creators #6
In person/avatar discussion + Q&A with the Venice VR Expanded Creators
EXPLORING HOME: SARA LISA VOGL
GLIMPSE: MICHAEL O'CONNOR, BENJAMIN CLEARY
IN THE MIST: CHOU TUNG-YEN
Start Time: 17:00 CEST
Date: 6th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC/Quest
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Amphitheatre
Mycelia
Mycelia resides within VRChat.
The original concept: connect living mycelium biodata into a VR experience. The Mycelium* reacts sonically and visually within this audio-reactive world to the virtual human presence.
Nanotopia's bio-sonification modules translate micro-fluctuations in conductivity to MIDI, enabling them to send fungi energy through their synthesizers, creating a multi-species musical entanglement.
During Mycelia, MetaVerse Artist ROOT performs an interpretive dance accompanied by Particle dancers; colleagues from the MVSA.
Visitors into Mycelia are encouraged to explore, harvest Amanita, and go for a swim while listening to fungi frequencies and experiencing the dance.
*Mycelium is the vegetative part of a fungus or fungus-like bacterial colony.
The performance will be followed by a Q&A with Nanotopia
Start Time: 22:00 CEST
Date: 6th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC only
Venue: VRChat: Mycelia performance space
Tuesday September 7th
Meet the Creators #7
In person/avatar discussion + Q&A with the Venice VR Expanded Creators
MIND VR EXPLORATION: DENG ZUYUN, YONG CAO
LAVRYNTHOS: AMIR ADMONI e FABITO RYCHTER
MICRO MONSTERS WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: ELLIOT GRAVES
CONTAINER: MEGHNA SINGH
Start Time: 17:00 CEST
Date: 7th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC/Quest
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Amphitheatre
World Hop #3 Host: Fionna
A guided tour byprolific VRChat world-maker and Prefab Community co-founder, Fionna who’ll take you to her favourite VRChat worlds. Fionna will be joined by our Venice Event Host who you can join at any time during the event.
Start Time: 21:00 CEST
Date: 7th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host (see your Boxol account for details)
HMD Compatibility: Quest/PC
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Piazza
Wednesday September 8th
Meet the Creators #8
In person/avatar discussion + Q&A with the Venice VR Expanded Creators
SPACE EXPLORERS: THE ISS EXPERIENCE – EPISODES 1-2: FÉLIX LAJEUNESSE, PAUL RAPHAËL
KUSUNDA: FELIX GAEDTKE, GAYATRI PARAMESWARAN
REEDUCATED: SAM WOLSON, BEN MAUK, NICHOLAS RUBIN, MATT HUYNH
BEDLAM : MAT COLLISHAW
Start Time: 17:00 CEST
Date: 8th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC/Quest
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Amphitheatre
Braindance
Braindance is a live guided group meditation and live music experience in virtual reality. This one of a kind experience takes place in front of a colossal light sculpture called the SEED. Live Analog synths and generative visuals aid the journey of the guided meditation providing extra depth and immersion to the experience.
This event has something unique to offer all levels of meditation practitioners.
Meditation guide: Finn
Ambient light & sound: OM3
Start Time: 22:00 CEST
Date: 8th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC only
Venue: VRChat: Seed meditation space
Thursday September 9th
Meet the Creators #9
In person/avatar discussion + Q&A with the Venice VR Expanded Creators
MASKMAKER: BALTHAZAR AUXIETRE
JURASSIC WORLD AFTERMATH: RICHARD SNOWDON
THE STARRY SAND BEACH: NINA BARBIER, HSIN-CHIEN HUANG
Start Time: 17:00 CEST
Date: 9th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC/Quest
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Amphitheatre
5th Anniversary Celebration for Immerse & World Hop #4 Host Liz Rosenthal
A Meet up and World Hop to celebrate the Immerse Publication’s 5th anniversary edition about the Metaverse. Immerse publishes critical showcases of emerging nonfiction projects that push the boundaries of technology and media, and is a collectively edited initiative of the MIT Open DocLab and Dot Connector Studio.
The World Hop will be a guided tour of Venice VR Expanded curator Liz Rosenthal's favourite VRChat worlds. Liz will be joined by our Venice Event Host which you can join any time during the event.
Start Time: 21:00 CEST
Date: 9th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host (see Boxol account for details)
HMD Compatibility: Quest/PC
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Piazza
Friday September 10th
Meet the Creators #10
In person/avatar discussion + Q&A with the Venice VR Expanded Creators
WRAITH: THE OBLIVION - AFTERLIFE: ERIK ODELDAHL
SAM & MAX: THIS TIME IT’S VIRTUAL!: MICHAEL LEVINE
CAVES: CARLOS ISABEL GARCÍA
Start Time: 17:00 CEST
Date: 10th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC/Quest
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Amphitheatre
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Amphitheatre
Welcome to the Other Side - Jean-Michel Jarre
Following the phenomenal success a few months ago of Jean-Michel Jarre's New Year's Eve virtual concert in Notre-Dame designed by VRrOOm, which broke the world record of the most viewed live streamed concert on NYE with over 75 million viewers across all types of media, Jean-Michel Jarre graces us again with a new version of the opus, this time, with a fully remastered immersive sound presented in exclusivity at Venice VR Expanded.
Music: Jean-Michel Jarre
Scenography: Jvan Morandi
Visual art: Vincent Masson
Production: VRrOOm with MID and Antony Vitillo
Social VR world premiere. Duration: 45'
Start Time: 22:00 CEST
Date: 10th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC/Quest
Venue: Vrchat: Welcome to the Other Side
Saturday September 11th
Closing Party: An immersive audiovisual journey in 2 parts
Part One: -22.7°C. The Full Dome Experience (Special VRChat preview)
Alone in Greenland, electronic music producer Molécule captures the sounds of the Arctic to compose his next piece. Inspired by this adventure, -22.7°C. The Full Dome Experience takes you on an initiatory journey, at the very origin of musical creation.
Original Idea by Molécule
Directed by Dirty Monitor, La Société des Arts Technologiques
Produced by Zorba, Poolpio, Figure 55
Distribution by Diversion Cinema
Part Two: LIF3
LIF3 is an immersive vision of life in 3 chapters, by Lambert Saboureux.
1st chapter : The birth
Immersed under the ocean, you will contemplate the beauty of the marine fauna and flora. (Music by Maxime Dangles)
2nd chapter : Death
Life on earth was calm and peaceful, then Man settled down. Industrialization and capitalism made the planet sick. Life is gone.
Helplessly, you witness the end of this era. (Music by Re.kod)
3rd chapter: The Rebirth
Live the last journey of a lost soul, which seeks its place in the Earth's atmosphere, in an attempt to escape our planet and be reborn as a star. (Music by Moteka)
Start Time: 22:00 CEST
Date: 11th September
How to Attend: Accredited guests join our event host
HMD Compatibility: PC/Quest
Venue: VRChat: The Venice VR Island - Piazza
