WhyMod at SXSW Sydney 2023
Oct 14, 2023 by Michela Ledwidge
Mod is part of six events at SXSW Sydney 2023. Come and say hi!
Through The Eyes of Our Ancestors
HOLOGRAPHIC PRESENTATION
WED, 18 Oct - SAT, 21 Oct
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wed-Fri
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sat
XR SHOWCASE Booth #1
The Screen Festival XR Showcase is housed within the Tech & Innovation Expo, Halls 6 & 7, Floor 4, Exhibition Centre, ICC Sydney
We preview an exciting collaboration between First Nations Traditional Owners from Australia’s remote far north, Gudang Yudhaykenu country, and AFTRS, Australia's national film school.
NOTE Through The Eyes of Our Ancestors is a holographic presentation using lenticular displays - so no need to wear a Head Mounted Display or other eyewear.
Special thanks to Looking Glass Factory for their support. If you're interested in 3D graphics you really need to see their displays in person. Video does not do them justice!
Schedule listing | Screen Festival listing
AWARDS
Through The Eyes of Our Ancestors is a finalist in the SXSW Sydney 2023 Screen Festival XR Competition.
FRI, 20 Oct, 7::00 PM - 8:30 PM,
2315 Bar - Fortress Sydney
PANEL
SAT, 21 OCT, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room E3.1 & E3.2 - Exhibition Centre, ICC Sydney
Come listen to Traditional Owner, Nicholas Wymarra (in real life, no hologram this time!), Alejandra Canales of AFTRS and Mod's Michela Ledwidge discuss Through The Eyes of Our Ancestors
Screen Technology and the New Frontier
PANEL
TUE, 17 Oct, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Theatrette - Powerhouse Museum
Check out some amazing work from the amazing folks at XM2, Rising Sun Pictures, Myriad Studios and Mod. Behind every production these people are experimenting with new technologies and processes to create brave new worlds and immerse us in stories like never before.
Innovators in Augmented & Virtual Reality
MEET-UP
WED, 18 Oct, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room E3.4 - ICC Sydney
Sean O'Donoghue and Viveka Weiley host lighting talks and demos. We present our Grapho XR tool for spatial graph storytelling.
The Myth of the Single User
PANEL
FRI, 20 Oct, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room E3.5 - ICC Sydney
There are myriad ways of being in the world, yet many approaches to experience and technology-design invoke ‘the user’; a standardised, non-specific person with a fixed perspective. But what biases might be hidden within our assumptions about this mythical user? And how might we instead create experiences and tools that reflect and support diverse perspectives and ways of being? Julia Scott-Stevenson, Scott Brown and Michela Ledwidge discuss.
Wayward Strand
GAME
THU, 19 Oct, 11:15 AM - 3:00 PM
FRI, 20 Oct, 11:15 - 5:00 PM
Grand Central - Mercure Sydney
Play Wayward Strand by Ghost Pattern. This is a heartfelt story told in a curious way. Play as Casey Beaumaris - intrepid teenage journalist - as she visits an airborne hospital for the first time. Look out for Esther Fitzgerald played by Michela Ledwidge.