XR Curation and Production
Showcasing & developing meaningful projects which use new and emerging technology to share a human experience.
Collective Reality is my invitation to explore and re-imagine how emerging technologies can be used to share human experience. The site itself is long overdue for an update, but the thinking behind it continues to shape my work.
I’m J’aimee Skippon-Volke - Festival Director of the Byron Bay International Film Festival and a long-time curator, producer and strategist working across film and immersive media. My work centres on connecting audiences with powerful storytelling, supporting both emerging and established creators, and exploring how new technologies can deepen, rather than distract from, the human experience.
I’m a connector, I know lots of smart and talented creatives, technologists and creative technologists. If you’ve got a genuine interest in a referral, or better yet a project reach out - The only limit is your imagination – and your budget but I can help you maximise them both.
The article last in my trilogy looks at an issue close to my heart - Diversity in the field of Virtual Reality.
The second in my three part series of articles written for Inside Film Magazine - this piece is a beginners introduction to the massively disruptive field of virtual production.
The Following is the 1st in a 3 part series of articles for Inside Film Magazine.Published in the June/July edition this piece looks at the state of play with regards to how film festivals are presenting VR - and which Australian's are making a splash.
J'aimee: Here in Australia there's a lot of policy making around these invisible lines which separate the various States and Territories which make up this wonderful country.
J'aimee: Australian Immersion returned to Cannes' NEXT VR - this time with representatives from each of the experiences being highlighted joining me at what is surely the world's biggest celebration of film.
Jaimee: ArtState is a touring annual event celebrating the vitality and creativity of NSW regional artists which blends together theatre, music, dance, film and visual arts and brings together practitioners from all of those mediums in order to learn from each-other.
J'aimee: I had the pleasure of attending Screen Forever - Australia's Annual Screen Producer's Conference in Melbourne after being invited to join a female lead Create NSW panel called VR: CREATING A NEW WORLD.
J'aimee:I've been working with the Byron Bay Film Festival for over a decade, taking the helm in 2008.
J'aimee: It was my first visit to Siggraph in LA - but it most certainly will not be my last.
J'aimee:After flexing my pitching muscles at Cannes I had the opportunity to put Moments up in front of representatives from the BBC, Google, the British Council, The National Theatre, MIT and more and Sheffield Doc|Fest.Osvaldo C.
J'aimee: En route to Red Bull Media in Strasbourg, I had some meetings in Linz and was given a personal tour of Ars Electronica - somewhere that had been on my bucket list for quite a few years.
J'aimee:This was my third trip to Cannes, but my first presenting content.Our Australian Immersion session featured some of Australia's strongest recent 360 pieces including an early incarnation of Coral and I:
J'aimee: Hollywood met VR at VRX Europe. In London my trip launched on a high note at VRX Europe, with an intimate Expo highlighting some gear teams and innovations, the 2 day event ran a rich program of panels and masterclasses
J'aimee: Convergence 4 held in Event Cinema's Flagship George Street HQ provided us with the opportunity to curate and exhibit Virtual Reality via 4 different HMD's - Oculus, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear and Razer as well as Microsoft's Hololens.
Collective Reality's J'aimee Skippon-Volke curates some of Australia's best Virtual Reality experiences to be screened at Next VR's Marché du Film & Short Film Corner, Cannes.
On stage at the ScreenNSW 360 Vision conference Carriageworks with Djuro Sen (Moderator), Anna Serrano (CDO Canadian Film Centre), John Gregory Freehand TV| Proxi VR), Michela Ledwidge (Studio Mod | Australian Directors Guild) talking all things VR.
The Byron Bay International Film Festival has released it's first teaser.
Collective Reality's J'aimee Skippon Volke has been selected to host an intimate discussion with Tim Webber, Chief Creative Officer at Framestore at the next VRX Europe in May.