The visual identity and trailer of the 13th edition of the Patchlab Festival are designed by Jakub Wróblewski – an interdisciplinary artist from Warsaw, founder and creator of the XR Inexsistens collective, author of the key visual for Patchlab in 2022 and guest of the festival events of last year’s edition. This year, Jakub returns as a creator. Here is his interpretation of the main theme of the edition ERROЯ?
“Key visual ERROЯ? touches on the topic of error, mistake, inaccuracy and turbulence, especially important in the current aspects of visual culture. Awakening young algorithms, machine learning models and databases are timidly taking their first steps in prompted, unlimited aesthetics and styles. Awakening, (un)limited possibilities are often inept, imperfect, becoming versions of replicated prototypes. The reference to organic or synthetic 3D printing, morphing, machine image processing and intimidating and elegant high-tech were the main assumptions of the graphic concept I created for the Patchlab festival this year.”
Jakub Wróblewski – interdisciplinary artist, creator and researcher, director and producer of interactive VR experiences. He works with audiovisual narration, immersive activities, art & science projects, video, interactive film, audiovisual narration, graphic design and visual narrative structures. His current area of interest is mixed reality, gaming engines, activities with 3D and VR technology and the issue of embodiment. The scope of his research is broad, and Jakub’s artistic strategy is based on exploring and expanding the boundaries of the medium he is currently working with. Founding member of Inexsistens creative collective, founder of Narration Systems Open Lab, guest lecturer at Speakers Avenue Training Institute, Co-founder of Virtual Occurrences Horizons portal. Jakub leads the author’s 3d and Virtual Occurrences II studio located at the Faculty of New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. /jakubwroblewski.com/