Antonia Forster

Artist & Creative Technologist

I am an artist working at the intersection of immersive technology and social impact. My practice uses a wide range of tools (from VR to biometrics, augmented reality to haptics, and spatial computing to robotics) as mediums for empathy, access, and human connection.

As a queer, neurodivergent artist working at the intersection of two very different fields, my work is rooted in principles of community, embodied understanding and lived experience. Each project I make asks: who is not yet in the room, and how can immersive art bring them in? I work collaboratively, co-creating with the communities my work seeks to serve: from LGBTQ+ elders sharing testimony, to participants with sensory and physical disabilities shaping the dramaturgy of a live performance.

Alongside my creative practice, I am a TEDx speaker and former Senior XR Technical Specialist at Unity Technologies. I bring rigorous technical knowledge into an arts context, and bring the values of art into the development of technology.

My projects have been developed with and for diverse communities across England, with a consistent commitment to accessibility, inclusion, and authentic representation. I believe that culture is most vital when it belongs to everyone: and immersive art has a unique power to make that possible.