Press
"Indigenous artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun teamed up with Paisley Smith for this fun, weird, and totally gorgeous 3D rendered experience. The experience pits a destructive "super predator" versus the environment. But the star of the show is the colorful "ovoidism" design that evokes indigenous Pacific art."
Articles, Interviews, and Podcasts:
Forbes: The Top 50 VR Games of 2019
Emily Carr News: Virtual Reality Artwork Immerses Participants in Climate Crisis
MIT Docubase: The Personal is the Political: Playlist Curated by Paisley Smith
Film Independent: Balancing Social Justice and Immersive Entertainment
Voices of VR with Kent Bye: Interview with Paisley Smith and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
BoxOffice: Democratizing Virtual Reality: Robot Remix VR
NY Game Critic: The Five Most Important VR Experiences from Tribeca Immersive
CNET: VR Gets Arty at Tribeca Film Festival
ScreenAnarchy: Tribeca 2019 Dispatch: A VR Slate Both Impressive and Immersive
Le Temps: Des créations numériques pour parler du deuil
BIV: VIFF embracing interactive industry opportunities
POV Magazine: Digital Trailblazers: The NFB and Interactivity
Voices of VR with Kent Bye: Interview with Paisley Smith "#713: Moving Through Grief of Suicide through a Spatial Story in VR with “Homestay”"
CBC: Homestay: Documentary explores world of international students through VR
Stanford d.school: The Storyteller’s Guide to the Virtual Reality Audience
The Georgia Straight: "Homestay" VR film explores what it means to be an international student in Canada
Filmmaker Magazine: “We Need to Strive for a Better, More Inclusive, Emerging Tech Landscape”: Paisley Smith on her VR Project Homestay and Advocating for Women in VR/AR
IDFA Forum Magazine: "Stipping Back Reality"
Meta/ Facebook: Women in VR Facebook Live with Oculus
the independent: 10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2016
Paisley's Writing:
Routledge: Interactive Storytelling for the Screen (Contributor. Edited By Sylke Rene Meyer)
Immerse: Immersive Creatives and the Impact of Covid-19 (March 27th 2020)
Immerse: Field Notes: Robot Remix XR (July 26 2019)
Immerse: Into Iñárritu: How CARNE y ARENA set the bar for how VR should be experienced
Medium: Harnessing the power of the imagination, through world design, to build a better Canada (May 26 2017)
TIFF: The Review Curated by Paisley Smith and Ashley Pinnick (2016)