OUTERGROUND – home to the eclectronic output of Christos Richard Hatjoullis. Bringing together the many strands of Outerground’s creative work from music to moving image, digital art – XR & immersive works.
VR Experience PROMENADE is a 6DOF, fully immersive & stylised, interactive documentary experience for Quest with handtracking. 7
Written, Directed & Produced by Christos, PROMENADE charts contemporary artist Mike Hatjoullis’ intergenerational family journey from Cyprus via the family’s hotdog stall in Blackpool’s 1950’s heyday to a scholarship at The Royal College of Art at the start of the swinging 60’s.
Mike’s iconic Black & White lino print work was translated into 3D models for the environments, (created in VR using Gravity Sketch & optimised in Blender), with embedded classic BFI footage, ambisonic spatial audio & A.I colourised personal archive materials.
A stylised yet naturalistic feel is created for the imaginative re-telling of a rich narrative; a story of dislocation, alienation & integration /assimilation.
Commissioned by Storyfutures & produced in collaboration with BFI & BBC as part of the award winning Storytrails strand, the piece was selected for a 15 city UK tour. 40,000 visitors, 1.3m engagements, several awards.
Subsequently selected for a BFI Xperiences tour at BFI locations around the country. 300 events, 5,000 visitors, 87% would attend again.
Available as a FREE headset download from META
Find out more about the project here
“What is the Outerground and where can it be found ? “It’s the limitless Inner Space of imagination” says the London based electronic artist and producer. “The internal world we all create for ourselves, inhabited by the ghosts of experience.” Outerground’s is a busy place, full of vivid imagery, acquaintances, fictional characters, otherworldly beings & far off places, visited, dreamed of and imagined. There’s always a jukebox in the background, playing melodies in all the keys of life and it’s 7-inch vinyl collection rotates a vast, eclectic playlist.” excerpt from Lifoti Magazine article.. read the full page feature here
