Illya Szilak
Cloudred
Writer / Director / Producer / Artist
lllya Szilak is an artist, writer, and director. Her long-time artistic partner is interactive designer Cyril Tsiboulski. Their artistic practice is collaborative and participatory, often incorporating crowd-sourced and archival elements. They are known primarily for their Peabody Futures of Media winning VR project Queerskins: a love story and Queerskins: ARK. Most recently, they have been creating installations in VRChat including Queerskins Home and In My Own Skin which premiered at CPH: DOX in April 2020. Inspired by her work as a physician, her art explores identity, embodiment and intimacy in an increasingly virtual and media-inundated world.
