FOREVER 21 - OPaf, CA, USA

MFA candidates in the School of Art present their VR booth at the third annual Other Places art fair (OPaf), running Saturday, Sept. 19 to Saturday, Oct. 31 on the fair’s digital platform.

After coronavirus postponed the original dates in March, OPaf transformed its 2020 edition into a virtual art fair experience, featuring more than 40 project spaces from the US and Mexico. According to Hyperallergic, participants were “given complete freedom to use the website as they pleased.” 

The participating CalArtians will unveil their OPaf space FOREVER 21, a virtual reality gallery named in reference to their shared class of 2021:

Built in a foggy/smokey virtual environment populated by panda avatars, geodesic domes, and giant fauna, FOREVER 21 is a space to gather, view, and wander.

FOREVER 21 artists include (all (Art MFA 21)): Fia Benitez, Jamie Denburg Habie, Benjamin Shreves Gordon, Herry Kim, Annika Klein, Richard Nam, Jennie Park, Casey Poehlein, Camellia Saleh, Ruoyi Shi, Zoë Sturges, Cha Tori, and Christine Yerie Lee.

LINK TO ARTICLE: https://blog.calarts.edu/2020/09/18/art-mfa-students-present-vr-gallery-at-opaf-2020/comment-page-12/