About: 

Questioning the relationship between the physical and the virtual, Julia Da Costa’s practice focuses on the realities and sensory experiences of the non-human being. Particularly intrigued by in-between life forms that challenge notions of the imaginary, her work spans animation, sculpture, painting, film, text, and performance. Inspired by rhythms of biological movement and sound, this approach aims to create immersive situations which envelop and challenge conventional ways of looking and listening.

 

Bringing the viewer into this world, technology allows for the merging of image and sound, creating an encounter of real and virtual gazes where the gallery becomes more than flat ground. Like the slimy body of a mollusc against its hard shell, Da Costa’s work involves the interaction of CGI and tactile materials as a way of creating what she calls ‘VR beyond VR’: spaces of real objects where the virtual can be encountered with the breathing body.

 

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