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Alysha Naples works at the intersection of art and technology to create experiences that are authentically supportive of the bodies, minds, and spirits of those who will participate in them. She spent more than a decade teaching at some of the top arts institutions in the United States and has received numerous awards for her innovative solutions, including a DA&amp;D Silver Award, a Webby Award for Best Services Website, and distinction as a Gold Instructor from Graphis New Talent.
Most recently, Alysha was the Chief Experience Officer for Tin Drum, a content collective creating transcendent mixed-reality experiences. Her work has been shown at the Serpentine Gallery in London, the Victoria &amp; Albert (V&amp;A) Museum in London, Pioneer Works and The Shed in New York City, and the Manchester International Film Festival, and Alysha served as a juror for the VR section of the Venice Biennale in 2019. She lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Alysha Naples

Transport yourself to a happy place. A place that you like to return to. A place where you feel connected, calm, and cared for. A place where you feel safe to explore and eager to engage. Where is this place ? What are its characteristics ? How prominent is technology in this scene ?
Much of the present experience of technology is specifically designed to steal your attention, hijack your time, and transfer your presence from the real world.
Alysha has spent most of the last decade designing holistic, immersive experiences in augmented reality that center contemplation and presence. This work brought her into collaboration with various performers, including actors, artists, dancers, and musicians who all desired to connect with their audience. Let’s explore how we can use technology to create transcendent experiences.

Transceive, Transport, Transcend

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Kyle McDonald is a Los Angeles-based artist working with code. He crafts interactive installations, sneaky interventions, playful websites, workshops, and toolkits for other artists working with code. Exploring possibilities of new technologies to understand how they affect society, to misuse them, and build alternative futures ; aiming to share a laugh, spark curiosity, create confusion, and share spaces with magical vibes. Working with machine learning, computer vision, social and surveillance tech spanning commercial and arts spaces.
Previously adjunct professor at NYU&#8217;s ITP, member of F.A.T. Lab, community manager for openFrameworks, and artist in residence at STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at CMU, and YCAM in Japan. Work commissioned and shown around the world, including the V&amp;A, NTT ICC, Ars Electronica, Sonar, Todays Art and Eyebeam.

Kyle McDonald

The last few years of Kyle&#8217;s art practice have focused on projects connected to the ocean and the climate : investigating energy infrastructure and emissions, working with humpback songs and machine learning, and assisting Polynesian sailors who are documenting sharing their traditional voyaging techniques.
This direction has rebuilt his understanding of his relationship to the environment and to others, and overturned his perspective on the role technology can play in our society.
Thanks to the support of European FEDER funds, this conference is exceptionally being offered free of charge, on request from the festival reception (entrance to the marquee).

Notes from the Pacific

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Tatiana Vilela dos Santos is a multi-awarded independent game designer and artist (Maker Faire, EIGD, A MAZE., Connext&#8230;). based in Paris.
Since 2010, she has worked as a game designer for large groups (Orange, BNP Paribas, Renault, Citroën) and research centers (CNRS, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Institut Acte) on playful projects employing new technologies or making innovative use of them.
Since 2012, she has been creating playful installations and arthouse games, exhibited around the world, as part of her interactive multimedia project MechBird. Most of her creations are playful installations and alternative controller games: video games including handmade, tangible interfaces, built specifically for these experiences.
Whether it is video games with alternative controllers or virtual reality projects, the work of Tatiana Vilela dos Santos tends to explore uncharted territories of playful art to re-enchant reality through digital technology.

Tatiana Vilela dos Santos

At the crossroads of interactive installations and video games, the enchanting world of playful installations beckons, tantalizing with its ability to immerse the senses and captivate visitors with wonder, all while fostering active engagement. These creations playfully manipulate the physical space more than an arcade machine but they are more digitally rooted than an escape room, offering a treasure trove of creative possibilities that remain largely uncharted.
To transcend the realm of immersive digital toys and design a genuine playful adventure, one must explore the concept of tangible-digital porosity. Imagine a game designer who doesn&#8217;t confine their work to the constraints of a screen but, instead, breathes life into the entire playful apparatus, blurring the lines between pixels and matter.
Our talk seeks to answer the questions : How can we harness game design methods to craft hybrid video game experiences ? What strategies can be employed to design a captivating gameplay loop within an interactive installation ? How do we seamlessly navigate the transitions between tangible and digital spaces ? What stories can be woven into these unique environments ? And how do we harmonize the passive spectacles with the immersive interactive experience ? Join us as we invite you to explore the design of interactive installations through the lens of a game designer, expanding the horizons of video games beyond the digital frontier.