Tessa Ratuszynska is an artist, researcher and producer based between Glasgow and Bristol, making work at the intersection of Documentary, Virtual Reality, Installation and Performance. They are currently completing a practice based PhD at the University of West Scotland, exploring queer identity and the performance of gender through VR non fiction.

This residency allows Tessa time to write up and reflect on VR projects from 2020 documenting ‘spaces of masculinity’ across Glasgow and Scotland. They will be evaluating VR as a tool for decentering and dis-orienting audiences from their gendered experience of the world. In particular they will be working on ‘The OH’ a 360 film following Tom Abbott and his public quest to spend 365 days camping out on the Outer Hebrides fundraising for Alzheimer’s Research UK, and his personal journey to connect with his father.

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Image: Still from ‘The OH’, Tessa Ratuszynska, 2020.