Reimagining Digital Bodies: Building Avatars with Charlit Floriano
- jbatkin0
- Apr 28, 2022
- 2 min read
(Burlington, U.S event, so it's an 11pm start time here, for the night owls among you!)
Join illustrator and 3D artist, Charlit Floriano to learn the impact of digital design by creating a virtual reality avatar.
About this event Reimagining Digital Bodies: Building Avatars with Charlit Floriano (Ages 16 – 24) Online, Wednesday May 4 6 - 8 pm Free How can stylized avatars be framed as a tool for social advocacy and positive embodied experiences in digital spaces? Join illustrator and 3D artist, Charlit Floriano to learn the impact of digital design by creating a virtual reality avatar. All participants are invited to contribute to the design of a collective avatar by specifying physical traits they would like to see in its 3D formation. Two weeks later, participants can experience the avatar in action by booking an appointment to use the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset, at the AGB and see their creation exhibited in the gallery space. To ensure the health and safety of all, a Clean Box is utilized to sanitize the Oculus Rift between viewings. For more information, contact registration@agb.life. Charlit Floriano is an illustrator and 3D artist who recently completed a Masters in 3D Animation at the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology researching the impact of avatar design on behaviour in social virtual reality. She graduated from Sheridan College with a BA in Illustration and received a post-graduate certificate in Computer Animation. Her work often explores gender identity, fandom as a tool of collaborative world-building and immersive storytelling. She has worked as a freelance illustrator and in the animation industry for six years as well as facilitating and co-facilitating workshops at Centre 3, WAHC, The Factory Media Centre and Radstorm. Reimagining Digital Bodies is designed and facilitated by Jeannie Kim, co-presented with the Digital Arts Guild of Burlington (DAGB), and is part of AGB Digital, a series of virtual programs for youth focusing on art and community building. AGB is supported by the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Trillium Foundation. AGB Digital is supported by the Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund and Burlington Foundation. DAGB is sponsored by Burton Family Foundation.
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