Yarli Allison comes from a background in sculpture. More recently, they have used Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Gaming within their practice. This has enabled them to create fictional homes in digital spaces as a means of ‘stability’, as they’ve moved to and from a range of countries including Hong Kong, the UK, Canada and France.

In this talk, they will discuss their different XR works in relation to their interests of home, diaspora, translation, preservation and queerness. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions and join a group discussion.

Yarli Allison (she/they) is a Canadian-born, Hong Kongese art-worker based in London, UK with an interdisciplinary approach that traverses sculpture, installation, CGI (VR/AR/3D modelling/game), moving-images, drawings, poetry, tattooing, and performances. Yarli graduated in 2017 with an MFA in Sculpture from The Slade School of Fine Art , UCL, and their recent works were exhibited at Tai Kwun Contemporary (HK), FACT (Liverpool), Barbican Centre (London), Institute of Contemporary Arts: ICA (London), V&A Museum (London).

This event is part of our Develop programme. The programme is a new initiative that supports young people (aged 18-24) to work towards a commissioning opportunity with The Photographers’ Gallery.

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