Free Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Art Exhibition - DYSPLA

Framescape Community Space in collaboration with Carse & Waterman Productions and DYSPLA will present an evening of free VR films and digital art made by Neurodivergent Creatives.

The exhibition includes digital works by:

Lindsay Seers / Keith Sargent: Care(less) (2019) is a highly original immersive 360-degree VR film by British artists Lindsay Seers & Keith Sargent. The work uses the hallucinatory quality of VR technology to convey an embodied experience of what it is to be in an aging body.

D-Fuse : Intersection — w/ Observatory — Audio: Gauthier Keyaerts (2020) The nature of time is mysterious. Intersection is a VR experiment that invites you to drift around London and partake in detached observations.

Natalia Skobeeva: True Stories of Two Mormots (2019) — During the COVID-19 Lockdown, Natalia collaborated with her 6-year-old daughter on a script for a VR project. The script pictures the experiences of a fictive species within their (un)familiar environment and explores the difficulties that Natalia faces as a neurodiverse artist, an immigrant, a female, and a mother, with input from her daughter and her own perspective.

George Jasper Stone: Save Yourself (2022) — A reference to decorative sculpture through the lens of queer intimacy.

DYSPLA: DYSPLA_touch (2022) is a collection of 13 short VR films that can be experienced in any order, all exploring the ‘narrative of touch’ from the perspective of a neurodivergent woman, who exhibits traits of High-sensitivity and Tactile Synesthesia, which are used to sculpt these poetic experiences in real-time.

Free VR screenings from 12-5:00 pm

Free Drinks Reception from 5:00-6:00 pm

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Artist Talk

The exhibition ends at 7:00 pm

DYSPLA, with the support of Arts Council England, has curated a collection of digital artworks and VR films by world-renowned Neurodivergent Artists, showcasing a range of content intended to inspire reflection on a “new” artistic concept — the Neurodivergent Aesthetics and its Heritage. A new term used by DYSPLA since 2017 to illustrate how those who see, think and experience the world differently from the subjective norms, create unpredictable stories and tell them in nonlinear ways.

Creatives such as; Pablo Picasso, Agatha Christie, Steve McQueen, Quentin Tarantino, Antony Gormley, and Steven Spielberg are just a few artists on an endless list that all have neurodivergence in common.

DYSPLA investigates this unique concept of the Neurodivergent Aesthetic— a concept still very much under-represented or fully understood, by involving a mix of artists working in various digital formats. DYSPLA believes this is the beginning of explaining their genius.

This collection was first conceived in July 2022 as part of the Mayor of London Disability Festival, called Liberty. With additional funding from Arts Council England, DYSPLA was able to take the work on tour around the country, and Stoke on Trent is our first destination outside of London.

Carse & Waterman are an animation studio based in Stoke-on-Trent. They create visual and interactive content for businesses of all shapes and sizes with one thing in common: they make complex messages simple and memorable. From the education and medical sectors to construction, tourism and entertainment, their unique blend of enthusiasm, style and humour sets them apart from the competition. Their award-winning animations have been used to educate and communicate complex and challenging messages all over the world.

Host or Publisher DYSPLA