In the near future, more and more communication will occur in digital spaces. This leads to a further blurring of the border between humans and technology, and an increase of their close intertwining in everyday life. Therefore, steering this hybrid future towards the creation of new opportunities for human-centric, safe, rewarding, and inclusive social interaction is vital.
SHARESPACE is a Horizon Europe research and innovation project that aims to create future Social Hybrid Spaces (SHS). In these SHS, humans and avatars engage in embodied collaborative tasks. Social sensorimotor primitives, which refers to how people interact and communicate with each other through their senses and movements, are transparently captured through mobile connected innovative sensors, and then reconstructed using novel extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technology, ultimately improving embodied collaboration in digital spaces. SHARESPACE involves a wide range of European universities, companies and institutions from various fields.
SHARESPACE is now looking for a media artist (group) to collaborate with. The goal of the collaboration is for the artist to realise their own art work for the Deep Space 8K, located at the Ars Electronica Center, utilising SHARESPACE technology. This space enables immersive XR environments through 3D stereoscopic floor and wall projections (16m x 9m). Artists are invited to create a multi-user, hybrid, interactive art performance that leverages embodied interaction between people and different types of Virtual Humans. The developed artwork will be shown in Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Festival 2024.
Following a kick-off meeting in Linz in February 2024, technical production will take place from April – September 2024.
For the development of the artwork, the artist will receive 15,000 EUR. This budget should cover all costs including travel to Linz, material costs, working hours, and potential subcontracts.
