Category: Latest news
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NFTnow Interviews Bay About Decentraland Art Week and MESHfair
“Decentraland Art Week places the spotlight on the world’s leading 3D, virtual reality, and metaverse artists, who, despite widespread interest in VR, are still underrepresented by in-person fairs and curated NFT auctions. This year’s Art Week theme is “Exploration,” so we’re showcasing the artists who transform virtual environments into journeys of discovery” – Bay Backner…
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Creative Bloq Magazine Announces MESHfair
Creative Bloq journalist Joseph Foley wrote a great piece today announcing the opening of MESHfair. This is the virtual art fair for 3D metaverse and VR creators that Bay founded in 2023 and directs as an annual event. The piece quotes MESHfair artists Ceren Su Çelik and Carla Knopp about their participation in the show.…
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Bay Interviewed by CryptoNews for Women’s History Month
Journalist Rachel Wolfson interviewed Bay as part of her great piece on web3 initiatives to support women creators. She spoke with Bay in her work with MESHfair, the virtual art fair for 3D, metaverse and VR creators. “Artist and web3 producer Bay Backner founded MESHfair. Backner told Cryptonews that MESHfair acts as a way to connect…
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Bay Gives the Opening Keynote at the Eighteenth International Conference on Design Principles and PracticesB
Bay was delighted to be invited to open the Eighteenth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. She choose to give her keynote plenary on “Designing Immersive Digital Experiences and Collaborative Narratives. You can view the full talk on Youtube here. With sincere thanks to Dr. Begoña Sáiz Mauleón and Dr. Chele Esteve Sendra of…
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Bay Interviewed About MESHfair and Spatial Computing By Creative Bloq
Bay spoke to Creative Bloq magazine about her work on MESHfair and how it responding to the current interest in Spatial Computing: “Thirty international artists will show new works at MESHfair 2024, an art fair for VR, 3D and metaverse creators. Now in its second year, the show will put a spotlight on immersive 3D…
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Bay Contributes New Article On Metaverse ART For Right Click Save Magazine
This week Bay published a new long-form article for Right Click Save magazine on “The Metaverse as a Radical Medium“. Sincere thanks to RCS Editor-In-Chief Alex Estorick who encouraged Bay to write the piece and supported its development. Additional thanks to spatial computing expert Damir First and author-futurist Theo Priestley who provided invaluable perspectives. You…
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Bay in ConVersation with Universal Picture’s Jeff Gibson at THe AR ART Summit
Bay was invited to The AR Art Summit to speak on Crafting Immersive Narratives, in a panel conversation with Jeff Gipson, the Immersive creative director at Universal Pictures, formerly at Walt Disney, and Lauren Moffatt, VR artist and winner of the DKB VR Art Prize. The AR Art Summit is organised by Artivive to “dive…
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Bay BACKNER Interviewed by CNN for THE NEXT FRONTIER
Bay’s interview with CNN was broadcast today in The Next Frontier, the popular series how our cities of tomorrow are being imagined today. Her work was featured alongside Decentraland and teamLab in the episode on “How we’ll play in 2050”.
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Vanity Fair features the tribute installation created by Bay Backner and Adrián Martínez
Vanity Fair journalist Isabel Cebolla reviews Vueltta’s ‘Dear Vivienne’ in her round up of the ‘most surprising’ installations of Metaverse Fashion Week 2023. “The British designer, Vivienne Westwood, also known for her activism, had her space within Metaverse Fashion Week with one of the most original activities. A duo formed by Bay Backner (UK) and…
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