Immersive dance and virtual realities. Issue 2 (1st December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Birringer, Johannes
• Is Part Of: Virtual creativity. Volume 7:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 103
• Page End: 119
• Publication Date: 2017-12-01
• Subjects: Shared virtual environments -- Periodicals; Three-dimensional imaging -- Periodicals; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Periodicals; 006.8
• DOI: 10.1386/vcr.7.2.103_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2397-9704

Abstract

This article offers a reflection on the mixed reality experience and a layered approach, devised for the theatrical environment of kimosphere no. 4/Horlà, viewed as an expanded, multi-sensorial sense of playful immersion. This research on new choreographic architectures was conducted with colleagues in the DAP-Lab, developing further our investigations of dance and wearable design. I question the role of the virtual and of wearable virtual reality (VR) headsets within the metakimosphere series and the physical theatre/dance/VR installations that I have created. I also briefly discuss the critical importance and historical context of the ritual-communal aspect of immersion and participatory art.