To see through
EACH OTHER EYES
and empathize his fears..
EACH OTHER EYES
and empathize his fears..
What is it like to see a crisis situation through the eyes of the other? Sharing the fear, the sense of victimhood and loss of power over oneself? A virtual art installation on the anniversary of the real events of 1968.
VIRTUAL EMOTIVE EXPERIENCE
In 1968, the invasion of the Warsaw Pact member countries determined the future development of Czechoslovakia for years to come. For the anniversary of these events, we created a tandem of two narrative projects using modern technologies - VR and AR - within the Brainz VR/ Immersive studio. In this case, it was a virtual experience and an art installation that worked intensively with the emotions and atmosphere intertwined with two viewers who share the same moment in the story, just looking at it from two different perspectives. In the first phase, the virtual experience was placed in a physical installation that was more literal in nature. In the second phase, I designed a more abstract installation in the form of a video mapping that was more connected to the actual visuality and atmosphere of the virtual space. In the project we worked very intensively with images intertwined with sound and emotional symbolism, going "under the skin of the viewer"...
The story is neither a record nor a document of the event. It is a fiction and a free artistic elaboration that is meant to refer to the real experiences and emotional experiences of many people who witnessed and participated in the real events of 1968.
