Six virtual reality works will be presented at the Society for Arts and Technology to push furthur the boundaries of our sensory perceptions. FREE5h00 to 10 p.m
A sensory experience of the other’s body. A multi-sensory experiment that engages sight, hearing, touch, and smell. By activating four senses — smell, touch, (through infrared light and a fan), sight (360º 3D video filmed in Hawaii using a custom rig built by Frederik) and hearing (through the use of omni sound) — the installation creates a convincing illusion. A work that transcends the eyes and ears to turn the body into a vehicle for experiencing and challenging reality.
Virtual Reality , Experimental
NETHERLANDS | 300 minutes | 2016
Your chance to become a magician. An interactive experience designed for virtual reality. Inspired by 19th-century magic shows by the likes of Houdini and Kellar, Break a Leg immerses you in an offbeat universe as you play the role of an illusionist who has to perform on stage in front of a demanding and unpredictable audience.
SWITZERLAND | 0 minutes | 2016
In Jane’s shoes, in Jane’s world. The true story of Jane, friends, strangers and epilepsy, told in virtual reality. Part of the In My Shoes first-person documentary project, it fuses film, theatre, technology and empathy. Jane has a neurological condition. She has seizures that inhibit control of her thoughts, words and actions. Jane’s form of epilepsy is complex and unpredictable, and makes her feel as though “an unruly beast” inhabits her body. With the support of...
UNITED KINGDOM | 0 minutes | 2016
A supernatural horror psychedelic experience narrating the reemergence of a repressed past. Walter plunges into a hypnosis session to investigate why he feels dispossessed from his own body. Through memories, imagination and a recurrent nightmare, he travels on a mental journey to decipher bizarre signs of his own past. What Walter encounters is a family secret in the form of a monster that goes on a rampage in the sewage of his ancestral house.
QUEBEC, Canada, France | 0 minutes | 2016
One step forward, one step back in an unknown world. Le vertige des autres is a VR installation in which a scenographic pathway unfolds, recalling the visual artist’s role as an observer. The experience is centred around artworks by Jeannette Perreault, portraits that were drawn in public. Those are “the others.” The project stems from research on the effects of presence in virtual environments in which you can physically move. Its interactive figures offer a relationship with the space...
QUéBEC/CANADA | 0 minutes | 2016
A magical world where dance holds sway. Inspired by Walt Disney’s Fantasia, La Péri is a breathtaking dance duet where one of the dancers is you! On stage, you play the role of Iskender, a dying prince in search of the flower of immortality. When you finally locate the coveted object, you will have to face down a guardian spirit, La Péri, who gradually transforms into an exquisite ballerina trying to bewitch you to keep you from getting hold of the flower.
FRANCE | 0 minutes | 2016
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