In this episode we speak with Alfredo Caro-Salazar about his latest piece, Dreams of the Jaguar’s Daughter which uses VR to immerse patrons in the migrant experience. Alfredo also discusses the Digital Museum of Digital Art, a virtual institution he founded with collaborator, William Robertson.
Check out Dreams of the Jaguar's Daughter's Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwB4t1eeC60&t=0
Or experience it in 360 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ohxAz_rC5k&t=0
-About Alfredo Caro-Salazar-
Alfredo Salazar-Caro is a multimedia artist who works at the intersection of portraiture, installation, documentary, virtual reality, video, and sculpture.
Together with William Robertson, Salazar-Caro conceived the Digital Museum of Digital Art, a groundbreaking project that functions as a virtual institution and a virtual reality exhibition platform dedicated to the promotion and distribution of new media art. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in exhibitions such as Dreamlands at the Whitney Museum, New York; The Wrong Biennale in São Paulo; New Normal at The Hangar, Beirut and Supa Salon, Istanbul; Die Ungerahmte Welt at the Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel; Siggraph Asia, Bangkok; and 1Mes1Artista, Mexico City, among others. His work has been featured in publications such as Leonardo, Cultured Magazine, Art F City, Vice Magazine and Creators Project.
Learn more at http://salazarcaro.com/
Follow him @tmvrtx