Since its recent resurging popularity, virtual reality (VR) has often been seen as a wow factor rather than a narrative medium. However, does the medium have more to offer besides an exciting immersive experience? Will VR bring in a new perspective of storytelling? If yes, how can we achieve it? In the forum “Virtual Reality for Narrative Experience”, interdisciplinary artist Kaho Albert Yu and VR curator of Kaohsiung Film Festival Grace Li will share their current projects in the exploration of virtual reality as a narrative form.

虛擬現實（VR）在近年重新流行，人們視它為令人讚歎的元素多於敘事媒介本身。 可是，虛擬現實除了好玩的沉浸式體驗外，還有其他可能性嗎？ 虛擬現實能不能藉此提供一種新的敘事方法？我們可以如何實現它？論壇「虛擬實境作為敘事體驗」 請來跨領域藝術家余家豪（ Kaho Albert Yu ）及高雄VR FILM LAB計劃統籌李懷瑾（ Grace Li ），與講者分享他們最近於虛擬現實的敘事探索與計劃。

Date: 24/1/2021 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:00pm (HKT)
Speakers: Grace Huai-Chin Lee, Kaho Albert Yu
Moderator: Angel Leung

Grace Huai-Chin LEE

Hosting VR FILM LAB project at Kaohsiung Film Archive, award-winning producer Grace has been working in XR field since 2018. Including coproducing VR content internationally, programming XR section for Kaohsiung Film Festival, she has maintained connections with international film festivals including Venice, Tribeca, Newimages and many XR related institution.

Kaho Albert Yu

Kaho Albert Yu is an animation and new media artist whose works often employ computer graphics, photography and digital technology. Over the past twenty plus years, Kaho has also been a software engineer, a technical director for feature animation films including Shrek 2 and the Ice Age series, an assistant professor at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong and a bicycle workshop owner.

Kaho received a BE in Computer Engineering from the University of New South Wales, and a MFA in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts. His experimental animations have been awarded and selected by various international film and new media art festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, interFilm Berlin, SIGGRAPH, and Festival du nouveau cinéma.

His current interest is in the spatial aspect of VR storytelling. He is currently working on a VR animation with the support from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

日期：24/1/2021（星期三）
時間：5:00pm (HKT)
講者：李懷瑾、余家豪
主持：梁安琦

李懷瑾

畢業於北藝大電影研究所，具豐富業界經驗，製片作品〈保全員之死〉曾獲金馬獎最佳創作短片獎。2018年起擔任高雄電影節「XR無限幻境」選片人、高雄VR FILM LAB計劃統籌，推動多項國內外合作交流計畫，催生VR作品曾入圍威尼斯、翠貝卡、日舞等國際級影展。

余家豪

余家豪是一位動畫及新媒體藝術家，以電腦圖像、攝影和數碼技術為主要創作形式。在過去20多年，他曾為多部電腦動畫電影作技術研發及指導，並曾參與《史力加2》和《冰河世紀》等系列動畫片的製作。他曾於香港城市大學創意媒體學院任教，亦是單車工作室Mapless的主理人。

余家豪為澳洲新南威以斯大學電腦工程系學士及紐約視覺藝術學院電腦藝術系碩士。他的實驗動畫作品曾於多個國際藝術節獲獎及放映，包括克萊蒙費宏短片影展、柏林國際短片影展、SIGGRAPH以及蒙特利爾世界新電影節。

他最近的興趣是VR敘事中的空間面向，獲香港藝術發展局的資助，正在製作一部VR動畫作品。