Immersive Talks Palmer Foote and Mehow Skalski

Mike Larry Draw is a multimedia artist that builds community with his art. Palmer gets a chance to chat about his come up, his workflow, and little kernels we're sure you'll enjoy. 

This week Palmer speaks with artist, Sophocles, about his background and how he found and embraced VR painting. We follow his passion as a cartoonist, and hear how he made his way to Google's Tilt Brush. He now educates people in the art of Virtual Reality painting all over the city. He curates shows for other artists as well, bringing communities together through his passion for art and creativity. Please check out his channels on Instagram @sophocles.art and @startshows.

This episode three members of The Flex Dance Program come through to Jump Into the Light to chat with Palmer about the origins of Flex Dance. Jeezy and Flizzo talk about how they came upon the style, and embraced it along with their natural dancing habits. A lively discussion follows on the beauty of dance, flex, and the integration of technology. Follow them and donate at flexdanceprogram.com.

Teslasuit is a wearable piece of hardware that provides haptic feedback, climate control, and captures motion and biometrics. Two of the six co-founders Owen and Dimitri stop into the Jump Into The Light to chat with Palmer about the hardware and a few case studies. Case studies range from health and safety, muscular training, virtual hugs, so much more. Check out their site at teslasuit.io for more information. Go on the website and fill out a form to get an opportunity to develop for the suit. 

Palmer speaks with Chun, a resident artist at Jump Into The Light specializing in Dance. She's a movement expert, a student of many styles, and comes from Singapore. Chun performs a piece titled The Five Elements. Stemming from Yin and Yang philosophy, The Five Elements are Fire, Water, Earth, Metal and Wood. Chun explains different ways she uses Dance to personify this philosophy. Check out her instagram @venuschun. Check out Jump Into the Light @jumpintothelightnow

Today we're lucky to have Maria Brodskaya, aka ÅMBE (@ambemusic). After winning her first composer's competition at the age of 7, she's taken on the world with her inspiring ways of self expression. She is a resident artist at Jump, taking her classical music training into the virtual media space. We learn in this episode that creating in Virtual Reality is the closest she's gotten to full self expression. We learn more about her background and her well rounded views on the evolving tech world around us.