{"id":1541,"date":"2026-01-29T10:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:50:21","slug":"immersive-storytelling-in-360-feb-12-online-in-person-1200-gmt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/2026\/01\/immersive-storytelling-in-360-feb-12-online-in-person-1200-gmt\/","title":{"rendered":"Immersive Storytelling in 360\u00b0 [Feb 12, online &amp; in person, @12:00 GMT]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Immersive Storytelling in 360\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date &amp; Time<\/strong>: 12pm, Wednesday 4th February<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Studio 3, O\u2019Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre &amp; Performance, University of Galway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 2 hour workshop will explore 360\u00b0 storytelling processes. Drawing on the artist&#8217;s experiences with making 360\u00b0 pieces in multiple languages and within different contexts, James will share what he has learned while referencing his work along with other international artists making work in this realm. No experience needed, this workshop is for anyone interested in telling stories, and how you might go about it in the digital space &#8211; touching on narrative structure, plot, character and the use of text and audio.<br><br><strong>James Riordan<\/strong>\u00a0is Artistic Director of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.list-manage.com\/v3-MGAduXSi?e=879e4ad2b9&amp;c2id=d8480a441d9aa7a7cfb037d63d8d9d67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Br\u00fa Theatre<\/a>.\u00a0His work in the digital space includes\u00a0<em>Ar Ais Ar\u00eds<\/em>\u00a0(2020) &#8211; a merging of Irish language literature on immigration and VR, which recently toured to the US and Canada. In 2024 he directed\u00a0<em>No Tempo por Agua<\/em>, A 360\u00b0 VR piece for Portuguese company Teatro Do Silencio which premiered in Lisbon. Ologon, a 360\u00b0 musical experience shot throughout Mayo premiered in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was Digital Artist in Residence with University of Galway\u2019s Centre for Creative Technologies in 2024 and has presented his work and facilitated VR workshops for multiple companies including Prime Cut (Belfast) and Central School of Drama (London) and Galway International Arts Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In person: <a href=\"https:\/\/ti.to\/creative-tech\/masterclass-james-riordan\">https:\/\/ti.to\/creative-tech\/masterclass-james-riordan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom: <a href=\"https:\/\/universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_ddeqz_QWR12QOhQ-sX4gJA#\/registration\">https:\/\/universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_ddeqz_QWR12QOhQ-sX4gJA#\/registration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Upcoming Workshops:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aisling Phelan<\/strong> &#8211; Tuesday, 10 Februaury<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Liing Heaney<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tuesday, 17 February<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>R\u00f3is\u00edn Berg<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tuesday, 24 February<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tara Jaye Burke<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tuesday, 3rd March<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Claire Healy<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tuesday 24th March<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Jane Cassidy<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tuesday 31th March <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immersive Storytelling in 360\u00b0 Date &amp; Time: 12pm, Wednesday 4th February Location: Studio 3, O\u2019Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre &amp; Performance, University of Galway This 2 hour workshop will explore 360\u00b0 storytelling processes. Drawing on the artist&#8217;s experiences with making 360\u00b0 pieces in multiple languages and within different contexts, James will share what he has &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/2026\/01\/immersive-storytelling-in-360-feb-12-online-in-person-1200-gmt\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[129,127,124,19],"tags":[99],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-joan-y-murphytcd-ie","4":"post-1541","6":"format-standard","7":"category-creative-technologies","8":"category-galway","9":"category-vr","10":"category-workshops","11":"post_tag-events"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9zaVM-oR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1542,"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions\/1542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}