Anthony Head (Bath, UK) and Santiago Tavera (Montreal, QC) attended the Besides the Screen conference, in Vitoria, Brazil from May 31st to June 2nd. This year’s conference theme was Unfolding Images: VR, Volumetric Cinema and Space Control, where Head and Tavera had the opportunity to present the Elastic Spaces lab to an international crowd, as well as their personal projects. Head presented SPHERE, a Sensor Platform for Healthcare in a Residential Environment project developed in the UK. Tavera had the opportunity to present his work, Translational Spaces, which he also exhibited at the Galeria de Arte e Pesquisa – UFES throughout the duration of the conference.
Besides the Screen is an international research network that aims to reconfigure the field of screen studies within art. This conference brings together artists and academics that explore digital art to frame growing trends in spatialized image art projects, addressing the new possibilities of digital technologies. Head and Tavera’s participation at this conference, allowed them to engage in conversations about the potential of digital media to expand our perception of space and the moving image. The proceedings of the Besides the Screen 2017 conference will be published in the fall of 2017, which will include an essay on Projected Narratives of Being and Belonging.
