The Dream
Karl Harker, The Dream teaser (2022) video 00:45 min. @Courtesy of the artist
The unconscious, the illogical, the irrational – what is it about dreams and their uncanny nature that drives us towards conjuring fantastical explanations and mystical reports on their meanings? The depths of the internet have become a repository for dreams, hopes, irrational thoughts and vents – but are we asleep or awake? Sleepwalking or stationary? Is this a dream or a nightmare?
Concept by Gabriella Gasparini
Artworks: Any New Media Art format with a surreal touch
Exhibition: in VR Mozilla Hubs in Nov 2022 for thewrong biennale. And maybe later, a physical 3-day IRL exhibit.
Selection Panel
Jury
We are Agora Digital Art, a decentralised volunteer-run certified social enterprise that advocates and promotes the work of womxn and non-binary creatives working in Digital Art and New Media.
Overview
Timeline
- Jan 2022 – 31 July 2022: Agora open for submissions
- Aug 2022: Jury selection. Due to the high volume, only the selected artists will be contacted.
- Sep 2022: collaboration artists and Agora. Setting up the VR exhibition in Mozilla Hubs and possibly a physical venue
- Oct 2022: if you don’t hear from us, please consider applying to our next call.
- Nov 2022: Opening of the VR Show in Mozilla Hubs
- Spring-Summer 2023: phygital exhibition in the UK/EU (if budget permits it)
Tech specs for Mozilla Hubs
All files must be Internet optimised
- 3D models glb (if don’t know how to make a GLB with blender, an FBX is fine) – max 10,000 faces = 10k poly (x5 would be already 50k)
- 3D models texture: Base Colour, Normal, Ambient Occlusion, Roughness, Metallic, Emissive texture maps. Use a maximum of 2048×2048 pixel dimensions for each texture map
- Images in JPG or PN: max 2 Mb
- GIF: 5 Mb max
- Audio files: mp3 max 200 Mb
- Video: in mp4 about 300 Mb compressed – 360 videos already formatted in 360 degrees.
T&C
- open to all self-identified women and non-binary digital artists.
- entirely free to submit. The Jury will select 10 artists.
- depending on budget, fees might be paid by Agora to the artists participating in the group show. However, links to VoiceHQ NFT will be placed with a commission fee of 7% of the artwork to Agora.
- participation involves collaborating with Agora Digital Art, respecting time constraints and technical specs as mentioned above.
Maybe of interest
Toyen: The Baroness of Surrealism – 55 min. © Courtesy Arte TV 24/03/2022 to 25/04/2022
Luis Buñel, Un Chien Andalou (1929 – remastered 2021) video 4k 21:25 min. @ Courtesy of Solo Han
Women Surrealists list. And, maybe Frida Kahlo, even if she did not consider herself a surrealist artist.