Virtual Production Creative Residencies
Project Name
Virtual Production Creative Residencies
Project Partners
Ardán, Centre for Creative Technologies at University of Galway, Film Department at Atlantic Technological University, and Galway Culture Company with partners through Screen Talent Europe and UNESCO Cities of Film networks
Role of Galway Culture Company
Partner and Funder
Strategic Aim
This project falls under our first strategic aim;
Facilitate EU and International Relationships and Funding
Project Description
The Virtual Production Creative Residencies Scheme is an initiative of Galway, UNESCO City of Film and a collaboration between Ardán and Galway Culture Company with the aim of supporting practitioners in the emerging Virtual Production sector. The scheme will utilise the UNESCO Creative Cities Network to connect with Virtual Production practitioners from outside of Ireland and invite them to Galway to take up residency positions in each of Galway’s main universities. Each residency will be three to four weeks in duration, and hosted by one of our local universities.
Centre for Creative Technologies at University of Galway and the Film Department in Atlantic Technology University Galway will lead the initiative and the selected practitioner will have access to the facilities and expertise available at their host university along with a network of local Virtual Production practitioners facilitated by Ardán.
The goal of the scheme is to:
- Facilitate the sharing of expertise between Virtual Production practitioners in Ireland and abroad
- To encourage collaboration between those practitioners and facilitate networking
- Facilitate creative and professional development for the practitioners
The aim is for the selected practitioners to bring their expertise to the residency with a vision to use the time to produce a creative work in Virtual Production that would assist in their career development.
Project Outcomes – what we expect from this project
Cordula Hansen and Shay Gilna, XYZ Technical Art Services
Cordula Hansen and Shay Gilna, co-founders of XYZ Technical Art Services and based in Germany, and Diego Hernandez, CEO of Argonauts XR and based in Spain, were selected for the residencies.
Cordula and Shay of XYZ Technical Art Services are in residency with Centre for Creative Technologies at University of Galway in July. XYZ Technical Art Services is a studio specialising in virtual art department services, virtual production, and concept development, based near Cologne in Germany.
Diego will be in residence in August, hosted by Cue One, with technical support provided by the University of Galway and Creative Technology (CT) Solutions. Diego is an architect who decided to change gears to 3D content creation back in 2016. From that moment he spent his time both teaching Unreal Engine as an official instructor for Epic Games and creating real time projects for cinema, broadcast and VR devices (theargonautsxr.com).
A key part of the residency programmes is to enable the sharing of skills, experience and expertise between our local creative communities, the research community, and the creative practitioners who are taking part in the programme. Cordula and Shay are offering a series of short sessions and workshops to share their experience and invite collaboration and discussion. All events are free to attend and include:
- Virtual Production Creative Residency: Open Studio – July 3
- Workshop: Photogrammetry and the Virtual Art Department – July 3
- Open Studio – Camera and Lighting Tests – July 5
- Workshop: Lighting and Performance in Unreal Engine – July 9
- Workshop: Unreal Engine for Visualisation – July 15
- Workshop: Indie-friendly virtual production – how and why? – July 18
All details on these workshops can be found here.
Diego Hernandez, CEO of Argonauts XR
Diego Hernandez, CEO of Argonauts XR and based in Spain, will join us in August, hosted by Ryan McKenna (Bored Ape Productions) and Cue One, with technical support provided by the University of Galway and Creative Technology (CT) Solutions.
Diego Hernandez is an architect who decided to change gears to 3D content creation back in 2016. From that moment he spent his time both teaching Unreal Engine as an official instructor for Epic Games and creating real time projects for cinema, broadcast and VR devices (theargonautsxr.com). He had the pleasure to create the first VP Short film in Spain: “SILENZE”.
- 22nd of August 7pm – 8:30pm: LED WALL Virtual Production & Game Engines – Residency Lessons Learned at CREW in Galway.
- 28th of August 3pm – 4pm: Virtual Production Open Studio Demonstration Afternoon in Studio@5 by CUEONE in Claregalway.
- 28th of August 6pm – 7pm: Virtual Production Open Studio Demonstration Evening in Studio@5 by CUEONE in Claregalway.
How this project is funded
Galway Culture Company, which is supported by the Government of Ireland under the National Development Plan through the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
Duration
This project will run through 2024.
Read about the selected Virtual Production filmmakers in residence here.
