Best Steve Volkers Podcasts (2024)

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - September 2023 8:21

11M ago8:21

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Join Steve Volkers of the Steve Volkers Group at Five Star in this informative episode as he provides a comprehensive update on the current state of the real estate market. Steve discusses recent developments, the impact of low inventory, rising interest rates, and the potential for market stabilization. With over 17 years of experience, Steve offe…

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - August 2023 16:21

12M ago16:21

16:21

Are you waiting for interest rates to drop before making a move in the real estate market? The August market data report from Steve has some eye-opening insights. Discover if that waiting game could actually be costing you money in the long run. Plus, dive into the impact of the ongoing inventory shortage on prices and the potential benefits of ren…

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - July 2023 18:51

1y ago18:51

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In his latest video, Steve shares insights on the current state of the real estate market. Are we seeing the beginning of the "new normal"? While prices remain stable, sales and transactions have decreased by 17-20% compared to previous years. He looks at who’s currently moving… first-time homebuyers, first-time sellers, and second-time buyers. The…

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - June 2023 17:07

1y ago17:07

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What are we seeing in the market this month? In June we're focusing on the total sales for the year, or lack thereof, and what that means for buyers, sellers, and agents in our area. So there's a little something for everyone in this month's Market Data Report! Watch the video on YouTube Get the data book…

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - May 2023 11:09

1y ago11:09

11:09

Are buyers fickle right now? Get all the details in this month's Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report! Watch the video on YouTube Get the data bookBy Steve Volkers

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - April 2023 10:28

1+ y ago10:28

10:28

This month's mantra for buyers is "Don't get discouraged". The lack of housing inventory in our area means that the market remains competitive. But as you'll see it's not quite as bad as last March when homes were selling at 5% above list price...this year March sales prices are, on average, selling 1.6% above list price. For sellers, homes are con…

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - March 2023 22:43

1+ y ago22:43

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What's the bigger driver of the state of our current real estate market...interest rates or inventory? Find out that and much more in this month's Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers Watch the video on YouTube Get the data bookBy Steve Volkers

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - February 2023 17:23

1+ y ago17:23

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You don't want to miss this month's real estate report from Steve Volkers! There's lots of great information here whether you're in the market to buy or sell, an agent, or even as a lender. Sales were down last year by almost 2000 units at just over 10k, you have to go all the way back to March of 2013 to find the last time there was this level of …

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - Jan 2023 19:24

1+ y ago19:24

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This month Steve is recapping 2022 and looking forward to what 2023 may bring for the Grand Rapids area real estate market. Download the companion data bookBy Steve Volkers

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - December 2022 14:09

1+ y ago14:09

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Have we been in a real estate market bubble? Did that bubble burst or is it just deflating? Find out that and much more in Steve Volkers' market data insights for November/December. Watch the video on YouTube Get the data bookBy Steve Volkers

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - Nov 2022 13:03

1+ y ago13:03

13:03

The real estate market lags behind what is happening now in the financial markets...it's time to focus on your goals." Watch to learn exactly what Steve means in this month's GR Real Estate Market Data Insights. Watch the video on YouTube Get the data bookBy Steve Volkers

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - October 2022 13:16

2y ago13:16

13:16

After a slight delay due to Kevin's European vacation... Steve's monthly real estate market data insights video is done and the data book is ready for download! The big takeaways this month are market stabilization and it's time to get off the fence! Watch to get all the details! Watch the video on YouTube Get the data book…

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - September 2022 13:44

2y ago13:44

13:44

Steve's takeaway for this month...Don't chase the market! In this month's episode, Steve talks about affordability and how Realtors price a home. You'll also learn why the risk of overpricing your home is a real possibility and why it's essential to have realistic expectations when setting your home price, and much more. Watch the video on YouTube …

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - August 2022 16:56

2y ago16:56

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Summer is flying by and the July real estate data is in! West Michigan doesn't always follow the national trends...so our broker Steve Volkers gives you hyper-local real estate insights based on real-world experiences and local data. Watch the video on YouTube Get the data bookBy Steve Volkers

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - July 2022 17:44

2y ago17:44

17:44

June real estate data is in! There's been a lot of economic buzzwords flying around in the last month. And in this month's market insights, @Steve Volkers relates buzzwords like inflation, affordability, recession, jobs, shifts in the market, and more to our West Michigan Real Estate Market. Watch the video on YouTube Get the data book…

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - June 2022 12:40

2y ago12:40

12:40

In this month's(May data) real estate market insights, Steve covers, interest rates, gas prices, a market slow down, and much more. Stay till the end to see how you can get a cool gift from Steve. Watch the video on YouTube Get the data bookBy Steve Volkers

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - May 2022 13:53

2y ago13:53

13:53

Home affordability, interest rates, and what's the 'meaning' of home-ownership? Those are just a few of the topics Steve Volkers will discuss in this month's real estate market insights video. Watch the video on YouTube Get the data bookBy Steve Volkers

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - April 2022 15:12

2+ y ago15:12

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What's going on with interest rates...home inventory...and is it still a good time to sell? In this month's Grand Rapids Real Estate Market Insights Steve will answer these questions and much more. Watch the video on YouTube Get the data bookBy Steve Volkers

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Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Report w/ Steve Volkers - March 2022 7:47

2+ y ago7:47

7:47

Our monthly Grand Rapids Area Real Estate Market Insights feature is back! This month Steve shares with us his thoughts on the current state of the real estate market, including, inventory (or lack thereof), pricing, and more. Watch the video on YouTube Get the data bookBy Steve Volkers

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The Art of Ali Santana 47:01

3+ y ago47:01

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Ali Santana is a director and multi-disciplinary artist working with video, sound, collage, installation, and performance. Santana, a native Brooklynite is influenced by community, natural patterns, music and, ancient cultures. His work often explores topics related to Black American identity, observations of nature, and sensory perception. Ali's a…

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The Art of Brett Volker and Steve Milton 52:00

3+ y ago52:00

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Brett Volker and Steve Milton are the founders of Listen, a cultural innovation agency rooted in sound and music, but seasoned at the strategic use of cultural programs to make an impact. They work with brands and innovative artists to craft boundary-pushing creative projects. Learn more about them at www.wearelisten.com Follow them @wearelisten…

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The Art of Ziv Schneider 40:39

3+ y ago40:39

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Ziv Schneider is an artist and designer working with new and emerging technologies, often in the context of non-fiction storytelling. She is an alumna, former research fellow, and sometimes lecturer at NYU ITP. Ziv is currently a Creative Technologist at The Brown Institute for Media Innovation. Her recent project Sylvia is a storytelling experimen…

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The Art of Vivian Greven 39:13

3+ y ago39:13

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Vivian Greven’s painting is based on an adept play with various notions of bodies, being and representation, with concepts of classical antiquity merging with pop art and digital image worlds. Vivian Greven’s painting is characteristic of our present times, which are shaped by the internet and social media and thus dissolve the hierarchies between …

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The Art of Yuge Zhou 49:41

3+ y ago49:41

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Yuge studied drawing under Chinese contemporary painter Kaixi Cui 崔开玺 and eventually moved into Video Art after earning her Master of Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Yuge’s work addresses connections, isolation and longing across urban and natural environments. She creates immersive experiences through digital collaging an…

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The Art of Greg Gage 52:08

3+ y ago52:08

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Greg is the co-founder and CEO of Backyard Brains, an Ann Arbor-based company started as a neuroscience graduate student at the University of Michigan. Greg is a published neuroscientist and engineer and develops tools, curriculum and experiments that allow the general public participate in neural discovery. He is an award-winning investigator at t…

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The Art of Efraín Rozas 49:18

3+ y ago49:18

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In this episode, Peruvian artist Efraín Rozas talks with us about his career, projects, how he uses software programming to produce sound installations and his experience dancing with robots. -About Efraín Rozas- Peruvian performer/composer and robotics/software developer. His work was described as “A heady confluence of technology, culture and cog…

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The Art of Saks Afridi 46:07

4y ago46:07

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In this episode, multidisciplinary artist, Saks Afridi discusses his collaborative projects with artisans and technologists across the globe to create sociopolitical and thought provoking works of art. These collaborations range from the creation of intricately designed traditionally woven rugs featuring UFOs to explorations with archaeological lea…

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The Art of Kameron Neal 41:19

4y ago41:19

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In this episode, we speak with video artist Kameron Neal who uses his body and personal narratives to explore intimacy and to challenge socio-political ideologies. -About Kameron Neal- Kameron Neal is a queer Black video artist, designer, and performance-maker based in NYC. Forbes described Kameron’s solo exhibition at Detroit Art Week 2019 as “an …

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Digital Expansion in Art with David Goodman, former Executive Vice President of Digital Development & Marketing at Sothebys 53:42

4y ago53:42

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In this episode, SOTA host Gabriel Barcia-Colombo speaks with David Goodman, former VP of Digital Development & Marketing at Sothebys about the role of media in the arts, his work at Sotheby's, his trajectory into the art world, and how art infiltrates many corners of everyday life. -About David Goodman- Experienced C-Suite executive who has spent …

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The Art of Mona Kasra, New Media Artist 53:26

4y ago53:26

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Today we speak with Mona Kasra, new media artist, interdisciplinary researcher and Assistant Professor of Digital Media Design at the University of Virginia. Mona uses her tech to explore, document, and augment nature, culture, theater and more. Together, Mona and Gabe discuss her trajectory into the arts initially through video experimentation, th…

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The Art of Resistance & Documentation: Morehshin Allahyari, New Media Artist 47:34

4y ago47:34

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Morehshin Allahyari is an Iranian media artist, activist, educator, and curator uses technology as a philosophical toolset to explore the social, political, and cultural. Her projects are often research heavy and employ new media as a method of documentation and as acts of resistance. In this episode we discuss Allahyari's use of 3D printing to rec…

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The Art of Time: Emilio Chapela, Artist 53:34

4y ago53:34

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Multidisciplinary artist, Emilio Chapela uses a diverse range of mediums and media to delve into concepts around time. Together, Emilio and SOTA host Gabe BC, discuss cosmic micro waves, the Big Bang and its relation to white noise, and the construct of time. Projects Discussed Usumacinta Noise Paintings Ask Google The Earth is dying… (from the "As…

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The Art of Molly Soda 54:27

4y ago54:27

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Web artist Molly Soda's work delves into our internet identities, our online legacy and archiving the internet.In this episode, Molly shares her thoughts on growing up on the internet, the evolution of her work, how and why she embraces past online iterations, and why she thinks the internet has become boring. Projects Discussed Inbox Full Wrong Bo…

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The Art of AIYA: Lady PheOnix, Artist & Curator, and Jacqueline Assar, XR Creator & Cognitive Scientist 51:12

4y ago51:12

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AIYA is a digital human that analyzes the world’s problems and philosophically weighs in with knowledge from our greatest thinkers and problem-solvers. Inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray, creators Lady PheOnix and Jacqueline Assar designed AIYA to emote and age as she consumes media content in real-time. In this episode, we discuss how Project …

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Revisiting The Art of Social Disruption: Glenn Cantave, Activist & Founder of Movers & Shakers NYC 48:28

4y ago48:28

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At State of the Art we strongly believe Black Lives Matter and stand firmly against injustice and abuse of any kind. This week we revisit our conversation with social-activist, Glenn Cantave. Originally recorded in November 2019, Glenn shares with us his personal story into activism, how and why he began working "outside of the system", and how his…

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The Art of ASMR: Melinda Lauw, Co-Creator & Artistic Director of Whisperlodge 38:50

4y ago38:50

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In this episode we speak to Melinda Lauw, Co-Creator and Artistic Director of Whisperlodge, an immersive performance of live ASMR. Melinda guides us through the history of ASMR, common misconceptions around ASMR culture, how Whisperlodge took a medium that solely existed online and brought it into the physical world with live experiences. Melinda a…

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The Art of Hacking Contemporary Tech: Addie Wagenknecht, Artist 54:22

4y ago54:22

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Addie Wagenknecht uses the basic tech devices to create art that pokes fun at our expectations of and reliance on technology, and how these instances in turn influence our relationships with one another. Her conceptual installations have co-opted Roombas, cell phones, drones, surveillance cameras, and more. Projects Discussed Internet of Things Asy…

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The Art of Social Relationships: Lauren Lee McCarthy, Artist 42:55

4y ago42:55

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Lauren Lee McCarthy creates experimental performances that take a close look at our intimate relationships with smart devices and our interactions with one another in our increasingly tech-driven and surveilled existence. In this episode, we discuss a selection of Lauren's thought-provoking experiments, including LAUREN in which she takes on the ro…

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The Art of YACHT the band 48:14

4+ y ago48:14

48:14

We speak with Claire Evans and Jona Becholt of YACHT, Young Americans Challenging High Technology, about their use of tech to produce albums and performances that push the boundaries of how music is experienced, produced, delivered, and more. Such projects include their Grammy-nominated album Chain Tripping created with the assistance of AI. In thi…

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The Art of Analog Media: Jennifer Juniper Stratford, Artist 40:11

4+ y ago40:11

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We speak with producer and director, Jennifer Juniper Stratford who uses analog media to create video art pieces inspired by the look and feel of 80s and 90s late-night TV. Jennifer and SOTA host Gabe dive into topics ranging from analog broadcasting tools to Dungeons and Dragons, music videos, and more. Projects Discussed: MoCA LOTION John Maus, T…

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The Art of Jon Han, Illustrator 45:47

4+ y ago45:47

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Jon Han creates surreal, digital renderings that meld digital environs with painterly mark-making. His process combines contemporary digital tools, traditional painting, and collage to produce unconventional illustrations. Learn more about his trajectory into illustration after pivoting away from mechanics, his mission to stay authentic, and the pr…

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The Art of Poetic Invention: Ross Goodwin, Artist 57:35

4+ y ago57:35

57:35

Ghostwriter turned creative technologist, Ross Goodwin uses machine learning to develop fully automated writing machines. Goodwin's inventions have authored poetry, stories, and even film scripts. Tune in to learn more about his projects, what he calls "narrated reality," and how his creations are intended to be used as tools for human writers, sin…

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The Art of Digital Immersion: Can Büyükberber, Artist 48:03

4+ y ago48:03

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Today we speak with Can Büyükberber about his immersive installations inspired by philosophy, physics, and dreamscapes. Can's multidisciplinary approach experiments with virtual and augmented reality, projection mapping, geodesic domes, large-scale displays and digital fabrication. Projects Discussed: MORPHOGENESIS MULTIVERSE SERIES NOUMENON -About…

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The Art of Millinery: Heidi Lee, Artist & Designer 41:43

4+ y ago41:43

41:43

Heidi Lee harnesses technology to create surreal headwear that walks the line between fashion, design, and fine art. Her whimsical pieces derive inspiration from mythology and have been worn by celebrities, including JLO, Madonna, Missy Elliot, and Lady Gaga. In this episode, we discuss her trajectory into millinery, her first creations, including …

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The Art of Co-Creation: Angelo Vermeulen 51:37

4+ y ago51:37

51:37

Angelo Vermeulen has worked with astronauts, artists, and activists, integrating his love for science and artistry in his cross-disciplinary work. -About Angelo- Angelo is an artist, biologist and space systems researcher. In 2009 he co-founded SEAD (Space Ecologies Art and Design), an international transdisciplinary collective of artists, scientis…

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The Art of Transformative Data: Maja Petric, Artist 59:38

4+ y ago59:38

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Maja Petric creates transformative spatial experiences using data-gathering technology and light installation. In this episode Maja shares her thoughts on what it is to be an artist, her journey from site-specific performance art to techart, and offers insight into her celestial-based work using AI and machine-learning. -About Maja Petric- Maja Pet…

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The Art of Universal Awe: Dan Goods, Creative Director 50:02

4+ y ago50:02

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Drilling holes in grains of sand, creating larger-than-life seashells, organizing thousands of radio operators to say "hi" to satellites, these are some of the projects Dan Goods has brought to life in his creative attempts to make fathomable some of life's intricacies. In this episode, Dan discusses his work with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory a…

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The Art of Embodying New Realities: Estella Tse, AR/VR Creative Director & Artist 50:39

4+ y ago50:39

50:39

Estella Tse creates VR and AR experiences with pointed and conscientious consideration of the user's experience. In this episode, she shares insight on her VR recreations of art historical masterpieces using Google's Tilt Brush, including Gustave Klimt's The Kiss and Rembrandt's The Night Watch, her residencies, and just how she got involved in the…

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The Art of Immersive Storytelling: Winslow Porter, Creative Director & Technologist 54:50

4+ y ago54:50

54:50

Winslow Porter discusses his trajectory into the world of immersive installations and his use of tech to craft virtual realities rooted in narrative simulations intended to shift perspectives. Winslow was most recently involved in the production of Tree, a VR simulation that transforms participants into a rainforest tree, allowing them to experienc…

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The Art of Interactivity: Sarah Rothberg, Interactive Media Artist 49:41

4+ y ago49:41

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Sarah Rothberg chats with Gabe about her creative process working as a VR and AR artist, her journey from the world of poetry to interactive media art, how she incorporates memory into her immersive environments, and debates the use of "users" vs. "participants." Check out her latest show opening at bitforms gallery, 131 Allen Street, New York, NY …

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