Headshot of XR Artist Lara Kobeissi
Exhibitions / Performances

Upcoming:
*Jun 6-8 | 13-15.25 - Nazar Live VR performance at Shubbak Festival [@LADA, Live Art Development Agency], London
*Jun 11.25 - Talk at Shubbak Festival [@LADA, Live Art Development Agency], London
*Nov-Mar - Virtual Time Capsule at Market Hall, Plymouth


*Nov 7-11.24 - Nazar Live performance incorporating VR at D-CAF Festival, Cairo
*Jun 30.24 - Our Sanctuary VR Experience at Aspex, Portsmouth
*Mar 2-3 | 6-7.24 - Nazar Live performance Incorporating VR at Sursock Museum, Beirut
*Feb 14.24 - Nazar User-Testing Performance at Guildhall, Portsmouth
*Dec 8.23 - Nazar User-Testing Performance at Aspex, Portsmouth
*Nov 10.23 - Resonate Exhibition at Treadgolds, Portsmouth
*Jun 22.23 - Virtual Residency Final Showcase at Epic Games, London
*Mar 18.22 - AWANxIRQ at Rich Mix, London
*Aug 27 - Sept 18.22 - SOS_22 Exhibition at South London gallery
*Jul .22 - StoryTrails, in 15 cities across the UK
Grants/ Residencies // Commissions

AFAC [2022-2024] Performing Arts Grant
Resonate Residency [2023] ArtHouse Jersey
Studio ANRK [2023] There Exists
B3 Media [2023] Virtual Residency
Arts Council England [2022-2023] DYCP Grant
StoryFutures [2021-2022] StoryTrails
Arts Canteen [2022] AWAN Festival
B3 Media [2021] TalentLab XR (Dev Program)

Mentoring

Resonate II Residency [2025] Play Office
Creative Catalyst [2025] B3 Media

TalentLab XR [2024] B3 Media
AWAN x IRQ [2023] Arts Canteen

+NAZVR [Building a Future Archive]

A Multi-Sensory Live Performance incorporating VR

weaving a distant future in which users access the excavated home of a virtual dweller-in-the-hill in search of personalised Evil Eye treatments. Drawing on game mechanics and interactive storytelling, Nazar fully immerses audiences through visuals, sound, smell, taste and touch – temporarily transforming the performance stage in a ritualistic act of soft resistance that seeks to restore the body, collective memory and intangible heritage.

XR |Projects

Projects List
  • Nazar [Building a Future Archive] 2023-2024 | AFAC – ACE – B3 Media
  • There Exists – Studio ANRK 2023 | BFI
  • StoryTrails – StoryFutures 2021-2022 | BFI
  • Resonate – ArtHouse Jersey 2023 | ACE
  • Sacred Spaces – Wanda Hu 2023 | ACE – B3 Media