Bedford art show aims to bring 'new technology to the masses'
"It shows how digital art can be all things," she added.
Dr Goodyear worked with four community groups - the Higgins volunteers, Queen's Park Youth Group, Castle Art Life Group and a team of Ukrainian artists - on the show. She said many believed they were "not artists or arty, but I disagree with that, everyone has the potential to be an artist". Working with a virtual reality (VR) assistant, Amina Pagliari, the groups were shown how to create VR together in an "immersive space". What they created was edited into a 26-minute animated film which will be projected on to a wall within the exhibition.
Dr Goodyear said: "I felt like a virtual explorer flying around the space creating a film path to capture the content."The goal is to bring new technology and digital art to the masses, in a way that hasn't been done before."
Victoria Partridge, keeper of fine and decorative art at the museum, said three of its nine Turner paintings would be on display, including "one of his most famous watercolours, A First Rate Taking in Stores". The piece Cecil and Kali, painted by the renowned artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman, will also be exhibited, as it was created while Burman was artist in residence in 2003. "It's a fascinating new way at looking at art through virtual reality," Ms Partridge added.
The exhibition is supported by Arts Council England, opens on 15 February and runs until 2 November.
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