VRHAM | 2019

07 – 15 June 2019,
14 – 21 h
HafenCity, Oberhafenquartier

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Let’s VRHAM!

A festival for Virtual Art?

Oh yes! VRHAM!, the first international Virtual Reality & Arts festival, invites you to discover the fascinating world of virtual art. Put on your goggles and off you go: from 7 to 15 June VRHAM! will be presenting a large selection of extraordinary Virtual Reality experiences and live performances, from 360 degree film to Augmented Art, from virtual concerts to immersive dance theatre. For all eager to learn more about VR art, VRHAM!’s discourse program includes stimulating keynotes, artist talks and discussion panels.

Awards

As part of the opening of VRHAM!, an international jury will be presenting the VRHAMMY AWARDS. One focus will be the promotion of Hamburg’s emerging VR artists.

“Virtual Reality art is one of the most exciting movements in national and international art. VRHAM! gives this art a new home.”

Ulrich Schrauth, Artistic Director

VREXHIBITION

Main Program, Hamburg Emerging Artists, Residencies, 0AR, Magenta VR-Lounge, Interactive Playground

VRHAM! Live is going to prove that Virtual Reality Art can also be a community experience, with performance-based VR art presented to small and large groups. Whether it’s the Live VR concert by English band collective MIRO SHOT, the Mixed Reality version of Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET by CyberRäuber, or LET’S VRHAM! TOGETHER, the festival’s first own production, with musicians improvising on live VR experiences – it’s the shared experience and the resulting exchange that counts.

If you would like to make yourself familiar with VR art first, the free program of VRHAM! is just the right place for you. Outside the two main halls the festival presents the Virtual Reality opera FRAGMENTE – EIN DIGITALER FREISCHÜTZ, for example, and a new work by the first VRHAMMY winner of last year’s festival: SMART FENCE by Dani Ploeger. And VRHAM! is happening in the city centre as well: On Rathausmarkt you can discover the illustrations by Spanish artist Magoz via Augmented Reality, using your smartphone.

MAGENTA VR-LOUNGE

Together with our festival partner MAGENTA VR we are presenting selected experiences from our artistic program in the free online app “VRHAM! 2019 @ Magenta VR”. For all those who cannot visit the festival personally, but still want to get an insight into the fascinating world of VR art. Anytime and anywhere in Germany accessible via the free MAGENTA VR app.