BIO

Letta Shtohryn (UA / EU) is an artist working with XR, CGI, machinima, generative AI and video games. She holds an academic background in Philosophy and Sociology from the University of Vienna, as well as and Digital Art (MFA, University of Malta), with a focus on image theory, machine vision, performance and video art. Letta is currently a PhD student in Digital art w/ Adnan Hadzi (UoM, MT) focusing on XR, MoCap Performance, liveness and video games. 

In 2022, she participated in the MoCap Streamer residency at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she worked with inertial Motion Capture, Motion Capture live-streaming, XR performance and game engines—an experience that significantly influenced her artistic practice. Since then, Letta has obtained official Unreal Engine certification from UT-HUB (ESP), specialising in camera, lighting, environment, and animation. She also earned a diploma from the CGI school SKVOT (UA), focusing on 3D character creation, in-depth 3D textiles and optimisation for games.

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In her artistic practice, Letta explores the complex relationship between the physical and digital realms, using extended reality (XR) as her primary medium. Through a posthumanist lens, she investigates embodiment, considering the presence of non-human life forms, machines, avatars, aliens, monsters, and ghosts.

Drawing inspiration from intuitive epistemologies, archaeology, history, and weirdness, Letta explores both factual and fictional storytelling and their effects IRL, employing speculative investigations, world-building, and visual narratives as her methodologies.
 

Letta's XR work Chuly?Chuly (2024) received an Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2024, the longest-running global media art competition. In 2024, she was selected for the highly regarded Realities in Transition XR residency at IMAL, Brussels (BE), a program known for its cutting-edge exploration of extended reality (XR) and its support of innovative and alternative XR projects.
Her works have been showcased at Deep Space 8K @ Ars Electronica Center (AT), Goldsmiths College (UK), Centre Pompidou (FR), Kunsthalle Exnergasse (AT), Spazju Kreattiv (MT), Milan Machinima Festival (IT), Frieze Art Fair (NYC), The Box at Phillips (NYC), and more.