A particularly interesting concept that’s emerging from this domain is the reciprocal influence between the artist and his tools, which in this case are virtual realities and their technologies.
“Encounters”, which unfolds over several episodes in different countries, evolves over the course of its human encounters with the public and professionals. It also evolves through its encounters with the techniques and technologies that shape and modify the creation according to the audience’s desires and discoveries.
So, the artist uses technologies and their relevant techniques to construct a work, and in turn the technologies influence the work and the artist in parallel. The work becomes a product of symbiosis, leaving room for improvisation and the unpredictable.
As Freddy says, artists and their works have always had an influence on technology. Take Jules Verne or Isaac Asimov for instance; they invented entire futuristic worlds and technologies which often became reality afterwards. Life imitating art if you will!
Some would say these artists are alchemists, sometimes appearing to be completely at one with their materials, their tools and their new world.
Visionaries, adventurers, poets, writers, experts, technophiles, artists… Whatever definition you choose, picking just one seems too reductive. The fact is, their Art allows us to travel through imaginary worlds and this is, for many people, something truly remarkable.