Otterdam Furry Arts Festival - Furry Conference
The Otterdam Furry Arts Festival (OFAF) invites everyone to join the furry community in celebrating anthropomorphic art and design at the first-ever academic furry conference. Furry Studies 2024 brings together a wide range of scholars and enthusiasts with a deep interest in, among other things, the history, psychology, and sociology of furries.
18 October 2024 07:00 - 15:00
Furry digital avatars of otter “Awtter” (by shadethebat.art) and kangaroo “TheDoctor26” (by Kreic) in the virtual world VRChat. Image capture by “TheDoctor26”, 2024.
Furry art is everywhere, from ancient legends to video games. Over the last 20 years, its appreciation has exploded and a furry fandom has emerged. Fans continue the tradition with drawings, dance, costumes, virtual reality, and the creation of personal characters: fursonas.
Furries, or fans of anthropomorphised animals and zoomorphic human, are a global online phenomenon. This conference marks the beginning of the legitimisation of furry studies as a new field of research, and aims to promote global and interdisciplinary collaboration between furry scholars and fans.
Language: English | Location: Nieuwe Instituut + Online | Tickets via Otterdam
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