VR

August through to November is busy at invisible art space. You’re invited to the exhibitions listed below.

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NOW @ invisible art space

15-29 August 2026 ::: Melody Owen // Pearl Hyacinth (internet via USA)

Melody Owen (USA) is an interdisciplinary artist, writer and curator from Portland, Oregon, who works with installation, video, photography, digital processes and hand cut collage. Owen explores technology, ecology and the embodied perception and communication of reality via different types of living forms. Most recently, Owen has been exploring these issues through 3D virtual worlds. Her digital representative, Pearl Hyacinth is a nomadic multiverse avatar who has been curating and creating work within existing social, creative virtual 3D worlds for the past ten years.

In this exhibition, Melody Owen’s Portrait Gallery : Fabulous Monsters series of hand cut collages are on display. These images made from picture books of colonial Australians and Australian seashells have accompanying augmented reality (AR) animations when viewed via a digital device — the collages come alive in the digital space. The Hyacinth Report, a ten-year retrospective of Pearl Hyacinth’s adventures in virtual worlds will also be shown.

Floodplains.XYZ is a virtual 3D experience from new media artist Michelle Brown about the impact of dramatic weather events caused by climate change. The platform lets the visitor experience the panic and rush to grab treasured belongings before their Queenslander themed house is flooded. The viewer can collect these items as NFTs, and try reach safety before the timer runs out. It's a digital, virtual world simulation in 3D, mirroring scenes seen recently during floods in Australia and New Zealand. There's definite aspects of the sublime — the terrifying power of nature and the risk of losing everything. Well worth checking out

I saved some items and escaped the house before it flooded -- great project by @Thebadlament & @violet_forest. It is both scary & sad that this is reality for many

Visit https://www.floodplains.xyz

Image via https://twitter.com/FloodplainsXYZ/status/1628638847570694145