From 2018 to 2022, the Immersive Writing Residency of the VR Arles Festival supported the creation of innovative works in virtual reality and immersive storytelling. Led by Fisheye, the Institut français, and the Rencontres d’Arles, the program brought together artists from diverse backgrounds to explore new narrative forms through VR. Everyday, a thematic masterclass is given by an expert in their field (spatialized sound design, 3D real time, narration in VR, moving bodies in virtual space, etc…). As coordinator in 2020 and 2021, and later as a programmer in 2022, I contributed to the artistic and pedagogical development of the residency, from coordinating project selection to event production and budge management.

Residents :

Marion Augustin,. Camille Jeanjean, Raphaël Penasa, Mariana Brecht, Kai Yoda et Virgile Ittah, Linda Gabbay, Azam Masoumzadeh, Gwendaline Bachini, Boris Labbé, Emmanuelle d’Héricourt, Emma Terno, Hadrien Touret, Sarah Arnaud, Oriane Hurard, Marion Burger & Ilan Cohen, Alice Lepetit, Nadia Micault, Alexandre Perez, Jeanne Susplugas, Matthieu Van Eeckhout, Marine Rouit-Leduc, Fabienne Giezendanner, Filipe Vilas-Boas, Stella Jacob.

Experts

Karim Ben Khelifa, Margherita Bergamo, Florent Dumas, Amaury La Burthe, Landia Egal, Maxime Fleuriot, Daniel Gonzalez, Francesco Turri, Mathias Chelebourg, Mélodie Mousset, Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Mathieu Müller, Amaury La Burthe, Lidwine Hô, Julie Desmet-Weaver, Julien Dubuc.

Mentors :

Jérôme Blanquet et Charles Ayats.