reillydonovan

Intro： My work implements emerging technologies as tools for self expression. I use computers, phones, monitors, cameras, drones, sensors, virtual / mixed reality headsets, networks, machine learning, and spaces as interactive canvases. With these tools I explore the conceptual context and aesthetic depth of new media art.

Recently, my emphasis has been in experimenting with virtual, augmented, and mixed reality as emerging art forms. Mixed reality is the combination of simulated content with the physical world. I work with the Microsoft Hololens and the Magic Leap, the only mixed reality headsets that currently exist. Both headsets are developer models intended for creatives to investigate their possibilities. These technologies exist on the frontier of a new generation of art exploration. Just like the camera changed painting, extended reality will change what we experience and define as art. My work embraces this relatively unknown territory as an opportunity for discovery. It uses these devices to pioneer a new arc in the trajectories of art, technology, and innovation.