Annabell Vacano

Cultural institutions such as museums, symphony orchestras, theatres or art galleries are valuable resources that provide education and cultural participation to the public. However, many people face barriers when it comes to accessing these institutions, including physical disabilities, socio-economic limitations, and geographical restrictions. Over 12 % of the European and 34 % of the American population states limited accessability as the main reason they haven’t participated in culture. The emerging technologies of the metaverse might offer a solution that could eliminate these barriers, driving equal access to arts and culture to people across the world. This talk will show the exact potentials of the Metaverse for the arts, the underlying technologies needed to successfully set up a virtual residency, and how cultural institutions can easily and affordably drive this process without needing specialised staff.