Talks #2 – Virtual Reality and Inclusion: Empowering People with Disabilities through Contemporary Artistic Practices

Cultural Centre Požega – Movie Theatre
Thursday, August 21, 2025
05:00 pm

Free Entrance

 

In the context of the growing entanglement between art and technology, virtual reality (VR) opens up essential questions about embodiment, spatiality, and accessibility. How can VR enhance the inclusivity of artistic experiences for people with disabilities? Do artists and XR developers consider the diversity of bodily capacities when creating immersive environments? What are the implications for proper access to these areas? This session brings together artists, researchers, and XR users to critically explore the potential of VR in shaping inclusive artistic practices. The discussion will focus on technological adaptations, new models of sensory perception, and the representation of marginalized voices.

Rather than offering fixed solutions, the panel encourages open dialogue, exchange of experiences, and collective mapping of future directions. Join the conversation on how VR can transform artistic practice, with a focus on inclusion and the reshaping of aesthetic and social paradigms.

Speaker: Predrag Terzić (Serbia), multimedia artist