Interaction and Immersion Logics in "Encounters": Coalescence of Bodies in a Liquid Space
Résumé
"Encounters" is a free roaming collective experience in virtual reality. Participants are engaged in different ways and at different stages during the production process and the reception of the work. Based on analysis of this original project, how the complex relationships between spaces (physical, virtual, scenic, representational, narrative), time (real, narrative) and bodies (lived, simulated) determine a dynamic, spatialized and "embodied" narrative are examined. This involves questioning the concept of “immersion”, not only in its theoretical presuppositions, but above all in its practical applications and, thus, in its multiples issues on artistic creation (technological, corporeal, affective, narrative, etc...). Also, it shows that the concept of “border-contact” from Gestalt Therapy could assist the understanding of specific immersive experiences.
