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, a 6DOF, fully immersive, graphic visually & interactive documentary experience for Quest utilising handtracking. Written, Directed & Produced by Christos, it charts contemporary artist Mike Hatjoullis’ intergenerational family journey from Cyprus via the family’s hotdog stall in Blackpool’s 1950’s heyday to The Royal College of Art.
Translating Mike’s iconic Black & White lino print work into 3D modsl for the environments, created in VR using Gravity Sketch & optimised in Blender, with embedded classic BFI footage, ambisonic spatial audio and A.I colourised persinal archive materials. A stylised yet naturalistic feel is created for the imaginative re-telling of an intergenerational immigrant family’s history. A story of dislocation, alienation and integration.
Commissioned by Storyfutures and 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
