Virtual Reality Narratives of Urban Spaces with Tim Portlock

Tim Portlock began his art making as a community-based muralist and studio painter. After discovering the Internet, he saw technology as a means to create socially engaged projects illustrating the cultural and societal changes American urban spaces have undergone since the end of the industrial era. In this master class Tim will share excerpts of his current digital work which includes virtual reality interactive narratives and 3D simulations of historic spaces depicting post-industrial cities. The imagery he creates synthesizes traditional media and new media to show the relationships between changes in technology, how people form communities, and how people conceive a communal history.