In the second of our series of Open Skills events, join Hypen Lab’s Ece Tankal, C & Dr Romy Gad el Rab as they give an introduction to virtual reality (VR), content development, technical options, current research and how to get the ideas started
As well as other projects shared, we will engage with a Q&A which will help you demystify some of the language around tech in the creative industries. There will also be breakout time to participate in some fun tasks during the session with our peers. All materials will be provided.
Hyphen-Labs is an international team of women of color working at the intersection of technology, art, science, and the future. Through their global vision and unique perspectives they are driven to create meaningful and engaging ways to explore emotional, humanity-centred and speculative design. In the process they challenge conventions and stimulate conversations, placing collective needs and experiences at the center of evolving narratives.
Ece Tankal is a Turkish born designer and new media artist based in Barcelona. Ece is interested in exploring interventions and interaction related to bodily, spatial and temporal concepts through mixed media installations, virtual reality experiences and speculative design. Trained in architecture, her approach is to place the viewer as a natural extension of the micro and macro topographies she creates to expand and stretch the reality we currently occupy. She is one of the co-founders of Hyphen-Labs, an international team of engineers, scientists, architects, and artists creating at the intersection of art and emerging technology.
Dr Romy Gad el Rab is an Egyptian-Scottish Designer and clinical psychiatrist. She is fascinated by the intricacies and fragility of the human mind and how narratives told through new media art can shape cognition. She is a design researcher and producer at Hyphen-Labs, an international team of artists, engineers, scientists, and architects, creating at the intersection of art and emerging technology.
Carmen Aguilar y Wedge is a Cuban-Mexican-American engineer, artist and researcher. In 2014, she co-founded Hyphen-Labs, an international team of women with backgrounds in engineering, science, architecture, turned designers synthesizing art and technology to create meaningful experiences.
