Dolinsky earned a master of fine arts degree in electronic visualization from the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she frequently collaborated with CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment developers Dan Sandin and Tom DeFanti. The creative process has me hooked. It compels me to forge a connection between my imagination and the irony and humor in this world. That is the true essence of art. I am looking forward to teaching a new generation of artists this medium.
Virtual reality offers a new way of looking, thinking and appreciating.
I believe that it may fire synapses in ways that they have never been fired before. For me, virtual reality is more than an artistic endeavor toward self-satisfaction and enlightenment. It is an opportunity to create for others, who must in turn complete the piece through their participation. Unlike a landscape painting where the artist's desire creates the view, virtual reality offers multiple views updated by the participant's active desire. In her role as visiting assistant professor in the School of Fine Arts, Dolinsky will teach courses in virtual reality and digital arts and will help to augment collaborations between researchers and faculty in the sciences, information technologies and visual arts.