As part of the See the Invisible exhibition programme, on 30 November, the M-Cube Foundation (FMC) will bring Draw the Invisible to the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) — a new professional workshop dedicated to exploring the intersection between hand drawing, immersive space, and extended reality (XR) technologies.
Led by artist Chiara Masiero Sgrinzatto and curator Emanuela Zilio, the workshop introduces participants to the fundamental techniques of handmade spherical drawing using equirectangular projection on paper, and demonstrates how to transform these drawings into interactive 360° panoramas viewable on computers, mobile devices, or VR headsets.
Combining theory and practice, the session begins with an introduction to spherical perspective and spatial representation, followed by a hands-on exercise in which participants will create a 360° scene from life. They will then work on translating these analogue works into digital immersive experiences.
The workshop draws its conceptual and methodological inspiration from See the Invisible — the art-based research project currently exhibited at AUT — using it as both a creative framework and an experimental laboratory connecting art, science, and technology.