Gray Area Grand Theater: Immersive Story Club

Gray Area presents Immersive Story Club: a new events series highlighting excellence and diversity in virtual reality narrative experiences from around the world.

Led by Gray Area Cultural Incubator member Danielle Giroux, this recurring gathering will feature a different short form VR film in each session.

Following each screening, the Immersive Story Club will follow an experimental and fluid format: each session aiming to uncover meaningful ways of moving from virtual immersion into discussion and craft rooted in physical world connection and camaraderie. Immersive Story Club is a work in progress, currently incubating at Gray Area, and will be conducted in an open format that welcomes participant suggestions.

Each VR experience presented has travelled around the world to film festivals, museums and other venues. Now, many of these creative gems sit hidden on hard drives somewhere while the technology slowly becomes obsolete. As a participant in Immersive Story Club, you will have the opportunity to view rarely accessed artworks that are notoriously resistant to conservation. Through Giroux’s selection of films, the group will explore topics like censorship, shared memory, personal identity, nostalgia, and shifting social perspectives.

Come ask WHY VR with us. Join in for a virtual story and stick around for conversation, collaging, and more!

There will be tea. <3