Description:
Key Words:
interspecies,non-humans,design fiction,online VR
Required Skills:
mid - knowledge of 3d modeling (in any software - Blender and Sansar will be introduced from scratch)
Required Software:
Blender (free / open-source both for windows and mac), Sansar (free, only available for Windows, but can run on some Mac Bootcamp), optional Agisoft Metashape (for photogrammetry 3d scanning - 30 days free trial)
Required Hardware:
Hardware that is able to run Sansar (OS 64-bit Win 7 SP1 or newer / DirectX 11 or higher / CPU Intel i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater / 8 GB+ RAM / Min 3 GB HDD / Video card NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater) VR Headset not required
Maximum number of participating students:
16
Interspecies Saturated Landscapes is a workshop aimed to collectively reflect on new forms of interspecies coexistence, engaging with natural/artificial spaces, through fiction and storytelling techniques.
Taking inspiration from a selection of design fiction stories from the book exhibition “Interspecies Futures” (curated by Oscar Salguero - https://centerforbookarts.org/interspecies-futures-exhibition ), the participants organized in groups will "virtually" transform a series of selected environments, altering the possibilities of coexistence within them, by modifying, densifying, and "saturating" relevant conditions and elements.
Based on specific non-human species, participants will collect 3d models of habitat components from Creative Commons platforms on the web (and/or optionally also through simplified photogrammetry 3d scanning) and alter them through detailed 3d modeling techniques (using the free software Blender), to later recombine them in micro landscapes in an online virtual reality world (through the free platform/software Sansar).
The final outcome will be a Sansar world to be explored through avatars, together with a curated set of captures and videos. (a world from a similar workshop by Animali Domestici in 2020, featured in the sample videos, can be explored at https://atlas.sansar.com/experiences/animalidomestici/test-build )
The workshop will include content presentations (intro / narratives / worlding and realities construction / online VR), software tutorials and helpdesks, group work tutorial sessions, and final presentation.
The workshop's main language will be English, but all instructors are fluent in Spanish as well, so helpdesks and group tutorials can also be held in Spanish.
The workshop is not going to be livestreamed, please email us if you would like to receive the zoom link to join some sessions without actively participating.