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Registration Fee: $60 Non-Member | $40 Member

This online workshop series takes place over two dates:

• Saturday, October 26 from 3:30-6:30 PM
• Saturday, November 2 from 3:30-6:30 PM

Hiba Ali will lead a workshop on worldbuilding and collage-making in New Art City and Blender. Guided through a lucid dreaming mediation, participants will be guided on ways to combine digital objects, architecture and sounds to create an immersive collage environment. Learn collage and world-building techniques and learn ways to conduct collective and playful storytelling. All are welcome, no previous experience is necessary.

Workshop Requirements

• A reliable Internet connection
• Zoom desktop client (latest version preferable, w/ working mic, speaker, chat, and screen sharing)
• Registered Zoom account
• Latest version of Blender
• A mouse for ease of navigation (not required but beneficial)

Please make sure to prepare and test out this setup well before the workshop. If you run into any issues with installing or using this software, contact education@interaccess.org for troubleshooting advice.

About the Facilitator

Hiba Ali PhD shares their digital art in the form of immersive digital environments, sculpture-based installations, moving images, garments, and sound. They developed the term, digital somatics, to embody the body-mind-spirit connection to the principles of game design, worldbuilding and narrative storytelling. They use virtual reality, 3D animation and augmented reality to slow down time and create portals of solace and care and consider the digital portal as a liminal space where they call forth more loving and healing into our world.

Their work has been presented in VBKÖ (Vienna), Deichtorhallen Internationale Kunst und Fotografie (Hamburg), re:publica (Berlin), Centre A (Vancouver), Horse Hospital, 15 Folds (London),  Ars Electronica Festival, Onassis Stegi (Athens), Chicago Architecture Biennial (Chicago), Portland Art Museum (Portland), Interaccess, Trinity Video Square, Images Festival (Toronto), Alserkal Avenue (Dubai), Dhow Countries Music Academy (Zanzibar), Rehnsgatan 3 (Stockholm), Medrar for Contemporary Art (Cairo), UMAM D&R (Beirut), Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (Oberhausen), NEW INC, Belladonna, Index NYC (New York City), imc5533 (Istanbul) and File-Electronic Language International Festival (São Paulo.)

Accessibility Information: This workshop takes place online. CART captioning will be provided. To request additional accessibility supports, please email education@interaccess.org.

Questions? If you have any questions about the workshop or special requirements, please contact us at education@interaccess.org.

Cancellation and Rescheduling Policy: We are unable to accommodate attendee cancellations or refunds less than 1 week prior to a workshop or event. InterAccess reserves the right to cancel or reschedule this workshop if necessary.