VR Art Camp SHOW & TELL
With Kelley O'Leary, Jungmok Yi and Sharmi Basu
Experience being in a virtual art piece while engaging in a conversation with the artist!
Please join our Show & Tell in the Art Camp Commons in Mozilla Hubs*, when resident artists give a 25 min tour in their VR studios that they’ve built during their residency.

Meet you in the Art Camp Commons:
https://hubs.mozilla.com/xLq72ca/art-camp-commons
4-5:30 PST

Schedule (PST):
15:45-16:00 Optional Warm Up // learn how to move around and get comfortable in Mozilla Hubs
16:00-16:15 Intro in Art Camp Commons
16:15-16:40 Kelley O'Leary
16:40-17:05 Jungmok Yi
17:05-17:30 Sharmi Basu

About #2 Cohort 2023
Kelley O’Leary (she/they/it) is a transdisciplinary artist based in the Bay Area. As one of the last generations of humans to have pre-Internet memories, she is driven to document and articulate the transformation of life in the digital age on a planetary scale. O'Leary's practice extends to the examination of the Internet's intricate relationship with the expansion of the American West. This exploration traces the connections between digital technology and the ongoing transformation of landscapes, linking the virtual and the physical. Her recent work explores the physicality of the internet through the perspective of an archeologist of the future, conjuring speculative artifacts using site-specific materials to reveal hidden geographies embedded within cyberspace, and pointing towards the immensity of Earth’s extraction across a geological timescale. She received a MFA in Art Studio from University of California, Davis and a BA in Art with a minor in Anthropology from University of California, Santa Cruz. O’Leary is a member of Imaginaries of the Future Collective, a self-organizing nomadic collective of artists and thinkers.
www.kelleyoleary.com @kelley__oleary

Jungmok Yi (they/them) is a queer non-binary 1.5 generation Korean-American immigrant transdisciplinary artist working with subjects such as U.S. history, diaspora lineage, transnationalism, non-binary practice, love, and entanglement. They hold a graduate degree in sculpture from Tyler School of Art and Architecture. They are the director and a co-editor for Are We A Joke?, a publication series on Pan-Asian LGBTQIA womxn burlesque, drag, and BDSM artists.
@jungmokyi

Sharmi Basu (they/them) is a queer, South Asian American multimedia performance artist, curator, composer, arts advocate, and organizer born and based in the occupied lands of the Ohlone people aka Oakland, CA. They create immersive sound installations, new media controllers and performance pieces that investigate the emotional landscape of people in struggle. They research conflict, accountability, and care work in the interest of creating decolonial narratives toward collective healing, while investigating emotional skill-building through the practice of improvisation and deep listening. Their performance project, Beast Nest transmutes trauma and chronic illness through vast sonic world building, layering strands of sound across the frequency spectrum. They received their MFA from Mills College and host workshops internationally that center on sound healing and decolonization, as well as technical skill-shares. Their organizational work is dedicated to mutual aid and advocating for the rights of survivors, arts workers and artists.
www.sharmi.info @beast.nest
beastnest.bandcamp.com

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If this is your first time in Mozilla Hubs, please join our warm up exercise 15 minutes before the Show & Tell at 9:45 am PST! We'll show you the basic technical skills so you can participate in the event the most comfortably. Fast internet, headphones and computer (with a mouse ;) can make a difference in your experience. Phones and Safari is not recommended.

Art Camp is a homesome social virtual art residency and gathering, expending the layers of our phygital social fabric. Womxn and underrepresented artists investigate the possibilities of creating and inhabiting a communal place with care that is accessible both on a browser and in virtual reality. The residency accumulates in the Show & Tell when visitors experience the social VR art pieces together with the guidance of the resident artists.
www.vrartcamp.net

Space is limited to 21 active participants. As a Room Guest, you may engage in conversation with the artists after the presentations. In case the room is full, you can still watch the event from the Lobby, which is limited for viewing only. Please arrive on time in order to be our Room Guest! (Link will be sent upon registration)

Your generous donations support the collective labor of Art Camp artists and to maintain our gatherings, but no-one turned away for lack of funds. NOTAFLOF

Poster includes images by Kelley O'Leary, Jungmok Yi and Sharmi Basu. Collage made by Judit Navratil.

*Mozilla Hubs is accessible with or without VR headsets, simply in your browser (computer, phones, tablets etc.) - best on Firefox, no Safari please!
Use these keys for navigation:
Arrow keys or
WS (move forward-back)
AD (move left-right)
cursor or QE for rotation
holding SHIFT makes your move faster
press G to enable flying mode (and don’t get stuck on 3D objects)
or find further info here: https://hubs.mozilla.com/docs/hubs-controls.html