digital artists Andrej Boleslavsky and Mária Júdová dust
choreographer Patricia Okenwa 
dancers Sona Feriencíková and Roman Zotov
composer Demdike Stare
creative producer Carmen Salas Pino  

Dust has been produced  with the support of the Arts Council of England.  

NEW FACE AWARD, JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL 2018
1ST PLACE AT B3 BIENNALE DES BEWEGTEN BILDES VR COMPETITION, FRANKFURT 2017

As an improvisational tool, VR can inspire creative movements; as an educational tool, it can record choreography and encourage public engagement, and, for us, it is a tool for endless artistic expression.
Andrej Boleslavský and Mária Júdová in Postmatter 

Dust is a Virtual Reality piece which invites the audience to experience dance performance from the perspective of an eternal particle travelling in the space. It immerses the audience in the immediate presence of the dancer and within a unique visual and aural scenario.  

The piece is inspired by the fact that almost every element on Earth was formed at the heart of a stardust, so our bodies were. Inspired by such theme, Dust seeks to reimagine our perception of body, space and time with the use of digital technologies.  

The work combines live streaming with volumetric capturing of dance and virtual environment immersing the viewers visually, as well as physically and emotionally. 

Dust is a room-scale VR, which unlike seated or standing VR experience, let the viewer exploring the virtual environment by physically moving within the space. Using a combination of movement and VR headset tracking within a dedicated area, it immerses the audience in a series of intimate moments in which (s)he experiences a sense of discovery and presence, creating a dance form which no audience member has ever experienced before.  

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