Old World New World VR 01: Twin Pagodas 360° unique composition 001 is a unique composition from a Hybrid VR Painting by Dave Alber. “I created 100 unique compositions from each painting to demonstrate the flexibility of my medium.” Old World New World VR invites you to use virtual reality (VR) technology to experience transformations of architectural forms in Suzhou, China. NFT of jpg file is accompanied by a download of EXCLUSIVE FILES: 1.) a PDF of Dave Alber’s art book Hybrid VR Paintings, and 2.) a PDF poster of the series with a special link to view your painting online as a Virtual Reality (VR) experience. Old World New World explores old and new cultural forms with a sense of wonder and regard at our shared cultural continuity. Paintings of old and new architectural monuments share the same exhibition space and blend media: from Chinese ink, mixed media, and oil, to cellular and immersive virtual reality (VR) technology. This exhibition compares and contrasts old and new cultural forms while extending the enigma of their cultural continuity from traditional to 21st century technological mediums, such as Hybrid VR Paintings™. Specifically… Old World New World VR 01: Twin Pagodas 360° places you at the Suzhou landmark, the twin pagodas. Resembling two ink brushes, they are a symbol of Suzhou’s success in academic affairs, particularly in the dynastic exam system. Painted in the Western tradition of oil painting, they are a mix of East and West, and projected into a VR environment, they become something wholly new, a Hybrid VR Painting. Dave Alber is the inventor of Hybrid VR Paintings—invented as an unbroken bridge in the continuity from traditional painting to VR painting—these physical paintings allow a VR experience. Dave's paintings are a marriage of cutting-edge technology and traditional craft in art. While exhibiting art overseas, he invented Hybrid VR Paintings to push traditional painting to the utmost. Alber revealed his new medium in exhibitions, three books, an online VR gallery, and the VR Paintings app. Dave Alber’s Hybrid VR Paintings can be found at: http://davealber.com.