Dance With flARmingos was made possible through funding from the Engadget Alternate Realities grant program, established in May 2017, and Kristin Lucas' Pioneer Works Technology Residency in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Additional support was provided through an AR/VR Artist Research Residency at Oregon Story Board co-organized by Upfor and Eyebeam, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center Artist-in-Residence Program, BAU Institute Summer Arts Residency, Yafo Creative and Print Screen Festival Digital Arts Residency, UT Austin’s Department of Art and Art History, and a College of Fine Arts Creative Research Grant.It will debut, along with four other prize-winning immersive-media projects, at the Engadget Experience on November 14th, 2017.
Prior to its debut, Engadget Editor-in-Chief and UT Austin alumnus Christopher Trout revisited Dance With flARmingos and
This is the beauty of Lucas' art. It is, like her, devoid of pretense. She lives in a world that is often obtuse, even off-limits. Her work has appeared at major art institutions like the Museum of Modern Art, Dia Center for the Arts and The Whitney. She teaches transmedia in the University of Texas at Austin's Department of Art and Art History, and speaks in metaphors. She is, on paper, an artist's artist. Step inside her world, however, and you'll find a woman who loves flamingos, unencumbered.
To say that she has a preoccupation is an understatement, but it only takes a moment to realize that her fascination is completely genuine.
Read more and watch a video of Transmedia Professor Kristin Lucas discussing her work in "'Dance with flARmingos' in a mixed reality mating ritual" on Engadget.