Kunst & Kultur
23.07.2025 – Avatars in immersive artworks
Exhibition by LMU Institute of Art History
Where:
XR LAB of XR HUB Bavaria in the Forum of the Future, Museumsinsel1, 80538 Munich
When:
23. July starting at 18.30 h
On July 23, 2025, an exhibition responding to the theme of ‘Avatars’ in immersive artworks will be held at the XR Hub in collaboration with the LMU Institute of Art History. It brings together reflections on several different media, ranging from most recent developments in gaming and VR Art, to the historical and traditional media of artistic expression relevant to the experience of immersion. In addition to a performance, two works will be on display, courtesy of VR Radiance App: Swan Collective’s „Here We Are“ and Rebecca Merlic’s „GLITCHBODIES“.
The exhibition aims to explore the intersections of virtual identities, gaming, and artistic practice, highlighting how avatars—functioning as a point of contact between digital environments and human experience—open up new forms of self-perception and presence. By examining the significance of avatars in these emerging phenomena, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on the evolving relationship between embodiment and digitality.
Über den Autor
Boris is professor of art history and image cultures in digital contexts Main research: Media practices of contemporary art Political aesthetics Methodologies of art history Art, labour, and their materials in historical perspective Focus points: digital production in cultural forms; contemporary artistic engagement with platform economies; open source methods and cultures; visual economies of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding; crisis as a visual form (particulary the 2008 financial crisis but looking towards present-day circumstances as well).
