ROC PARES: GALERIA VIRTUAL





GALERIA VIRTUAL is a research and experimental production team, working on interdisciplinary projects which integrate contemporary art and digital audio-visual technologies, paying special attention to Virtual Reality (VR). The main interests of Galeria Virtual may be found in the study of the specific properties of information technologies and their impact on contemporary culture. The methodology of the team is clearly interdisciplinary. In each of its projects, Galeria Virtual designs and develops new interactive systems and interfaces which redefine the concepts of space, time, light, body, subject, object, gender or limit. Galeria Virtual is both a conceptual and technological platform. Since February 1993, GALERIA VIRTUAL has worked on different proposals in collaboration with artists and intellectuals (J. Fontcuberta, P. Hoberman, M. Serra, Zush), has published specialized articles (British Computer Society, Academic Press, etc.) and has participated in international exhibitions and conferences (Centre d'Art Santa MÚnica, Ontario Art Gallery, M.N.C.A.R.S., Tate Gallery, among others). This work has deserved the attention of several communication media (City TV, El Temps, Cape X, World Art, etc.) and the interest of curators and critics (D. De Kerckhove, J.L. Brea, J. Lebrero, J. Grieve, etc.), and has recieved grants and funds from private and public institutions (Museu de la CiËncia, KRTU, etc.).



Roc PARES

Since 1993, Roc has been the Artistic Director of Galeria Virtual working on the research and experimental production of artistic and museistic Virtual Reality (VR) applications. At present he works as well in a CD ROM on the life and works of Joan Miro, a join project between Joan Miro Foundation, Pompeu Fabra University and. Roc has a degree in Fine Arts by the University of Barcelona, 1992. Roc Pares is the Co-author and Curator of "MACBA En linia", a technocultural project which results from the collaboration between the Audiovisual Institute (IUA) of Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA).

Narcis PARES

Technical co-ordinator of the VR Laboratory and computer scientist at the Audio-visual Institute (Univ. Pompeu Fabra). Teacher of the Master in Digital Arts (IUA). Technical director of Galeria Virtual, a project on research and experimental production of artistic applications of VR. Degree in Computer Science (Polytechnical Univ. of Catalonia, 1991). M.Sc. in Computer Graphics, Image Processing and Artifitial Intelligence (Autonomous Univ. of Barcelona, 1993). Preparing PhD in Audio-visual Communication specializing in Virtual Reality (UPF).

rpares@iua.upf.es
http://www.iua.upf.es/~rpares/