{"id":12010,"date":"2022-03-23T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artthescience.com\/magazine\/?p=12010"},"modified":"2022-07-18T21:52:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T01:52:48","slug":"features-art-in-vr-with-casey-koyczan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artthescience.com\/magazine\/2022\/03\/23\/features-art-in-vr-with-casey-koyczan\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATURES \u2013 Art in VR with Casey Koyczan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How T\u0142\u0131\u0328ch\u01eb Dene<\/em> artist Casey Koyczan blends culture and technology to render a new kind of reality<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a teenager, Casey Koyczan<\/a> asked a question: \u201cWhy don\u2019t I just want to do one thing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now an established multidisciplinary artist, whose work includes staggering virtual reality (VR) renditions<\/a> of Dene legends, Koyczan was once on the path to becoming a professional hockey player. Koyczan loved the game, but realized the \u201ceat, sleep, breathe hockey\u201d attitude the career required simply wasn\u2019t there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koyczan tells me in an interview that multifaceted interests created the feeling of being an \u201coddball\u201d in the hockey world. Fascinated with technology and sci-fi, Koyczan would take apart childhood toys just to see what was inside. Koyczan struggled with the idea of a linear career path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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