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FreyaOlafson

@FreyaOlafson

Intermedia artist - video, motion capture, XR, painting, and performance.

 Winnipeg / Toronto
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Joined January 2016
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#socialjusticeweek thinking of “Beacon Hands : for Emma Lazarus” at #MakeUsVisible x denkFEmale citywide AR exhib now in Munich organized by @xrensemble with choreography by @freyaolafson. Visualization video sketch AR at statue: Bavaria. Lazarus poem for Statue of Liberty, NYC
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Jiz Lee@jizlee3 Aug 2022
San Francisco has lost so many art spaces in recent years. It would be incredible to see @CounterPulse thrive with its own building -- and this dream is attainable! Please join me in donating and/or sharing to help them get there. counterpulse.org/event/buyou…
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Rrepairs AR sceen video of installation + NFT QR code @bitforms SF "Digital Combines" curator Claudia Hart at @minnesotastreetproject 4/23–6/11 including wonderfuls @auriea.harvey.studio @grettalouw @lovidlovid @danieltemkin_ @mrkdorf and @claudhart #ar #vr #nft #digitalartwork
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Looking forward to being part of @claudiahart project “Digital Combines” with art artists @mrkdrf @auriea.harvey.studio @grettalouw @lovidlovid @willpap24 @danieltemkin_ @claudhart at @bitforms SF @minnesotastreetproject 4/23-5/11 “Repairs"+NFT+AR collab @freyaolafson #ar #nft
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Opening tonight in Montreal- I am sharing a 2017 webcam performance work as part of this exhibition. Wish I could be there!
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Merging Mindsets is an initiative of Creative Manitoba with partners, @NewMediaMB and @VideoPool; and is funded with support of @CanadaCouncil Artist Featured: Curtis L. Wiebe, @FreyaOlafson , Rylaan Gimby, @tmcarthur_ , Casey Koyczan Register today: bit.ly/3kEwOin
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Keeping spirits high on the picket line at the Legislature with some good ol '80s tunes! youtu.be/5aidqC88oT0 #umfa2021

Keeping spirits high on the picket line

November 16, 2021 - Legislature dance crew keeping spirits high on ...

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"“If you continue to be treated this way, why would you stay?”" #UMFA2021 pressprogress.ca/brian-palli…
Brian Pallister’s Wage Freeze Resulted in Indigenous Scholars Leaving Manitoba, University Facult...

Brian Pallister’s Wage Freeze Resulted in Indigenous Scholars Leaving Manitoba, University Facult...

“If you continue to be treated this way, why would you stay?”

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"The digital representation of the body is not the same as a person in the real world, so how should we treat the digital Other?" Stacey Cann explores New Materialism through the work of Colton Hash & @FreyaOlafson in issue 024: lumaquarterly.com/issues/vol… @CSIF @EMMEDIA @artcite
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Join @FreyaOlafson through her Lab Residency to see aspects of 'MÆ-Motion Aftereffect', as it is re-imagined, explored, and shared via digital platforms. DIGITAL sharing for this project happening on August 21st ℹ️ ow.ly/sPxR50FPZuO
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Prairie Theatre Exchange (@PrairieTheatreX) profile picturePrairie Theatre Exchange@PrairieTheatreX15 Jul 2021
Congratulations to Freya Björg Olafson for being selected for The Lumen Prize for Art and Technology 2021 longlist in the ‘B.C.S Immersive Environments category’ with the project MÆ-MOTION AFTEREFFECT, presented as part of PTE’s Leap Series in October 2019! (pic: Robbie Sweeney)
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Pleased to announce I have been selected for the @lumenprize for Art & Technology longlist with the project freyaolafson.com/mae! Congratulations to all the artists! #2021LumenPrizeAwards
MÆ - Motion Aftereffect | freya

MÆ - Motion Aftereffect | freya

Virtual Reality, Motion Capture, performance, video art

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@lumenprize8 Jul 2021
Congrats to the 2021 longlisted artists in the BCS Immersive Environment Award category! Sponsored by @bcs #2021LumenPrizeAwards
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tolovein@todancelovein3 Jul 2021
One week from today, we will debut the second online edition of PS: we are all here! With performances by: @calla.moya @sideshow_juicy @iamkichoncho @kwasi.obeng @jazfairyj Digital Landscape will be provided by @freyaolafson GET! YOUR! TICKETS! <3 bit.ly/LoveInPS2021
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v excited for this workshop led by @FreyaOlafson! monday, january 25 at 7pm CST. visit @VideoPool or younglungs.ca to register 💚
Video Pool Media Arts Centre (@VideoPool) profile pictureVideo Pool Media Arts Centre@VideoPool12 Jan 2021
Motion Capture with your Webcam! Join us for our next free online #workshop on Jan 25 at 7PM. Featuring @FreyaOlafson and using @RADicalMotionAI - Presented with Young Lungs Dance Exchange videopool.org/mocap-with-you… #mocap #mediaarts #artistruncentre
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Motion Capture with your Webcam! Join us for our next free online #workshop on Jan 25 at 7PM. Featuring @FreyaOlafson and using @RADicalMotionAI - Presented with Young Lungs Dance Exchange videopool.org/mocap-with-you… #mocap #mediaarts #artistruncentre
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A huge congrats to Rachael Hosein of @flipsidexr and @FreyaOlafson on being selected to participate in the UK-Canadian Co-Production Programme for Immersive Storytelling @cfcmedialab. Way to go! #UKCanExchange
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Congratulations to the six Canadian Creative Leads participating in our first UK-Canada Immersive Exchange program: @babsarolling, @nahgamusic, @dustinharvey, @FreyaOlafson, @byrne_meagan, and @rodriguezsand02! bit.ly/3fAHUBf #UKCanExchange
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Congratulations to the six Canadian Creative Leads participating in our first UK-Canada Immersive Exchange program: @babsarolling, @nahgamusic, @dustinharvey, @FreyaOlafson, @byrne_meagan, and @rodriguezsand02! bit.ly/3fAHUBf #UKCanExchange
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York U AMPD@YorkuAMPD27 Jul 2020
Congrats to Prof @freyaolafson whose film "Disembodied Beings" streamed in the @gimlifilm festival! This film is part of a larger body of work concerned with the impact of emerging consumer technologies associated with AR, VR , MR, XR and 360° video. bit.ly/2D6mQmS
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#NewTorontoWorks May 16: Disembodied Beings, by Freya Björg Olafson engages with content from the Internet: open source motion capture libraries, ready-made 3D models of humans, and at home tests of motion capture software and models. pdome.org
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Congratulations to @YorkuAMPD assistant professor Freya Björg Olafson, whose work engages with identity & the body as informed by technology, for being selected as a winner of the National Art Gallery of Canada’s 2020 Sobey Art Award: bit.ly/3b5m0BW
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