{"id":5259,"date":"2018-06-29T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=5259"},"modified":"2018-08-06T12:31:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T11:31:12","slug":"life-is-beautiful-always-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/life-is-beautiful-always-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Life is Beautiful. Always.’ – VR installation in Sheffield results from collaborative work between painter Marcel Schreur and SHU’s Dominic Green & Danny Bacchus"},"content":{"rendered":"

A groundbreaking VR and Art installation at Access Space<\/a>\u00a0Sheffield<\/strong><\/p>\n

Access Space Sheffield, the digital technology art gallery, hosts an exciting new VR based artwork this month. Access\u00a0have taken a former city centre retail space on Fitzalan Square and turned it into a gallery space which is to become an interactive VR exhibition at the end of this month. The exhibition is called Life is Beautiful. Always.<\/em> and is an exploration into a unique life experience.<\/p>\n

Life is beautiful. Always.<\/em><\/a><\/strong>
\nAccess Space – Grace Unit, Fitazalan Square, Sheffield S1 2AY<\/strong>
\n12PM – 6.30PM daily, with opening reception at 6.30PM on Friday 29 June<\/strong>
\nEntrance free. You can watch a\u00a0trailer of the VR work here<\/a>. More info can be found here<\/a>\u00a0and here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dutch born painter Marcel Schreur<\/a>, a 30 year oral cancer and 7 year vascular dementia survivor, is a self-taught painter\u00a0whose art emerged from a period in which he made an unprecedented recovery from the most serious symptoms of\u00a0vascular dementia. Since\u00a0then he has exhibited globally, in the Kyoto Museum of Modern Art, Japan; at the U.N. Global Forum for Migration and Development in Istanbul; a\u00a0global art exhibition in the Chianciano Museum of Modern Art, Italy; at The London Art Biennale and the Vatican.<\/p>\n

\"Image<\/a><\/p>\n

Whilst he still lives every day with the impact of the two occurrences of tongue cancer,\u00a0 the large dose of radiation\u00a0originally caused the vascular damage and the effects of the resulting dementia, he continues to be an incredibly prolific artist working in a wide range of media.<\/p>\n

Life is Beautiful. Always.<\/em> is a virtual reality (VR) experience created as part of an ongoing collaboration between\u00a0Schreur\u00a0and two artists on the Sheffield Hallam University academic team: longstanding collaborator and friend, film maker Dominic Green<\/a> and Danny Bacchus<\/a>. Danny is a visual art practitioner skilled in the use of cutting edge technologies and digital art platforms, currently completing a PhD exploring these technologies and the effect that they have on the participant from the point of view of the artist.<\/p>\n

The exhibition will consist of a range of Schreur\u2019s most personal biographical paintings, made at a time when he expected that they would form a document of his for his children since he did not expect to live. The appearance of the gallery exhibition resembles the space which is explored by the VR experience at the centre of the gallery. This is experienced by viewers wearing a VR headset, who are given an insight into the experiences that Schreur\u00a0contends with every day.<\/p>\n

\"Series<\/a>

Series ‘Trust’ \u2013 “My Mind is All Over” \u2013 72×24 inch \u2013 Oil on canvas – Marcel Schreur<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe intention of the work is to help facilitate communication about the experience of living with life-altering disability between sufferers, carers and medical professionals.\u201d says the artist.<\/p>\n

This will be the first exhibition of the work to the public. The exhibition opens on 28 June and continues until 01 July at Access\u2019s Grace Unit, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, S1 2AY.<\/p>\n

Dominic Green<\/a>\u00a0is a lecturer in Cinematography at Sheffield Hallam University.<\/p>\n

Danny Bacchus<\/a>\u00a0is a senior lecturer and course leader in Digital Media Production at Sheffield Hallam University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A groundbreaking VR and Art installation at Access Space\u00a0Sheffield Access Space Sheffield, the digital technology art gallery, hosts an exciting new VR based artwork this month. Access\u00a0have taken a former city centre retail space on Fitzalan Square and turned it into a gallery space which is to become an interactive VR exhibition at the end of this month. 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