Friday 21st March, 11-1pm

Lauren Moffatt will be presenting a more in depth look at her previous and current projects to our XR Lab members.

Lauren Moffatt, artist in residence at DAS as part of the S+T+ARTS4WATER II programme, will present her previous work and the work in progress on her new game-engine based simulation "Chorcorallium".

Chorcorallium / Córcoral is a speculative immersive experience that takes the visitor on a journey to the ocean floor, a space of both ruin and rebirth. Within this virtual environment, participants encounter a junkyard teeming with remnants of human industry—car wrecks, construction scaffolds, and shipping containers—gradually transformed into a vibrant underwater ecosystem. Coral encrusts these remnants, growing alongside an intricate soundscape shaped by algorithmically generated harmonies. The scene culminates in the realization that these corals thrive on the foundations of offshore wind turbines, merging human innovation with marine regeneration.

This work was commissioned within the framework of the S+T+ARTS 4Water II residency programme by ADAPT Centre at Dublin City University and Beta Festival with the support of Belfast Harbour, Maritime Mile, Belfast City Council, Digital Artists Studio (DAS) Belfast and the S+T+ARTS programme of the European Union.