9000 in Metaverse (by Maria and Vesa Loikas) presented as part of the Digital (Dis)embodiments group exhibition curated by Shashank Satish at the Arts and Media Lab, Queen's University (January 12-16, 2026)
January 12, 2026 at 11:00:00 AM
9000 IN METAVERSE by Vesa Loikas and Maria Nurmela examines how the concept of humanism transforms in a posthumanist era as the human body and identity fragment into hybrid layers of digital spaces, movement, photography, and sound—presented as part of the Digital (Dis)embodiments group exhibition curated by Shashank Satish at the Arts and Media Lab, Queen's University (January 12-16, 2026), where audiences can experience the work through virtual reality and explore how embodied agency operates within metaverse environments.
DIGITAL (DIS)EMBODIMENTS
Curated by Shashank Satish
The Art and Media Lab will showcase the ‘Digital (Dis)embodiments’ group exhibition curated by the Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies PhD student, Shashank Satish. The two-part exhibition, developed over two years, investigates the idea of the body in the digital world through a web-based exhibition and a Virtual Reality experience.
Digital (Dis)embodiments explores how the human form is reimagined within virtual landscapes, where identity is untethered from the physical body and continuously reshaped. The show investigates the reconstructed and reconfigured rendering of the anthropomorphic form within virtual landscapes, inviting the audience to reflect on the artist’s embodied agency in crafting new digital bodies.
Show Dates: 12th to 16th Jan 2026
Time: 10 AM to 5 PM
Venue: Art and Media Lab, Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts, Queen’s University
Artists:
Harshit Agrawal | Natasha Singh | Sahil Betigeri | Shashank Satish | Yogesh Ramkrishna | Vesa Loikas and Maria Nurmela with the work 9000 IN METAVERSE
Coordinator: Ville Laaksonen | Tech Team: ProVerse Interactive Oy
9000 IN METAVERSE
is a multidisciplinary art work by photographer-filmmaker-architect Vesa Loikas & Choreographer-dancer Maria Nurmela. 9000 IN METAVERSE examines the evolving meaning of humanism within a posthumanist framework. (Three-dimensional sculptures, video with soundtrack, fine art photography and text)
The exhibition takes place at the Arts and Media Lab at the Queen's Department of Film and Media.
Jessica E. Turner and Cam Miller
More information and link to the online show: https://lnkd.in/gTVpM3yG
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