DocPro x Vektor: Is Immersion Scalable? - The state of immersive arts in Visegrad region - PANEL
In this roundtable discussion, we invite creators, curators, and professionals — most of whom wear multiple hats and are actively engaged in the field of immersive arts in the Visegrad region — to explore our shared understanding of immersive arts today. We will examine what it means for a production to be immersive and to what extent an artwork can be considered immersive. Together, we will reflect on the current state of this field in our respective countries, consider topics that might be media-reflexive (if such exist), and discuss the themes that currently intrigue us or shape our ongoing work, with a special focus on what it means for immersive artworks to ‘leave traces.’
We also aim to explore the diverse ways research can be conducted for and with immersive formats, and to question where the boundaries of this evolving practice may lie.
This discussion is supported by the International Visegrad Fund and organized in connection with the Vektor immersive section of the Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
Patrícia Chamrazová is a Slovak research-driven visual artist focused on contemporary issues of ecology, accelerating technological development, and beyond-human relations. She utilizes the fluidity of artistic media, and her practice includes film, audiovisual installations, and XR, which she often expands with forms of textual statements and object elements. She moves from the abstract to the organic, from the conceptual to the intuitive, from science to metaphysics. She uses an approach characterized by immersiveness and soft digital aesthetics with the aim of transformation in both the physical and digital realms. She does not neglect the socio-political context in which her art is placed and draws inspiration from posthuman philosophy, microbiology, and new technology studies. She graduated from the University of Applied Arts Vienna in 2024 (Transmedia Art) and Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava in 2022 (Intermedia). She is currently pursuing her doctoral studies at the Department of Digital Art at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
Daniela Hanusová is a curator and a festival organiser. She is the project manager and head of acquisitions of the VOD platform DAFilms.com focusing on documentary and experimental film. She is also the executive director and curator of ART*VR, Festival of Virtual Reality and Immersive Art in Prague, and the coordinator of the Critics Academy of Locarno Film Festival. Occasionally, she writes for the Slovak online film magazine Pontón. She graduated from Film Studies and is currently finishing Gender Studies at Charles University, Prague.
Joanne Popinska, the co-founder of Infinite Frame Media, is a documentarian, sociologist with a Ph.D. in Film Directing (specialization: VR) from the Polish National Film School. She dedicates her creative vision to creating important conversations around complex topics such as human rights, animal rights, and the environment. By using the latest technology and various narrative techniques, she is continually exploring how to get the attention of audiences and how to evoke empathy and interest in different perspectives.
A computer scientist and entrepreneur, managing director of code and soda ltd, a Budapest-based software development house, and co-founder of random error studio, a Budapest-based immersive production studio. Co-curator of Vektor VR, a Hungarian VR event in cooperation with Verzio Human Rights Film Festival, Budapest. Since 2016 he has worked on various immersive projects as a producer, consultant, project manager, and creative technologist.
