Parallel Dimension
Claudia Agustini, Arianna Freni, Francesca Savoldelli
It is easy to slip into a parallel dimension. Who has never traveled with the mind and wondered whether an alternative version of ourselves was doing the exact same thing, in a parallel universe?
Parallel dimensions are self-contained realities which travel through time in the same direction as ours. As it is possible to imagine, we are unable to reach them, and they differ from our reality in at least one thing. What if we could give the chance to step into a space that cuts through ours and a parallel dimension allowing them to encounter one another? Our installation called “//Parallels” is the realization of this thought. When entering our black tent, the participants are able to experience an exhibition done in an alternative universe.
For the realization of a completely immersive experience we created a black space in which audio and visual stimuli were given to the participant. The visual aspect of our installation is composed by the 5 works of art presented under the form of holograms which give an other-worldly sensation to the participant since is something not commonly used in exhibitions. First, we chose the artworks we wanted to exhibit mostly from OpenProcessing. Then, we modified the code to have a black background and recorded a video of it. Finally, we created videos able to be projected on truncated square pyramids made of plastic sheets which we put on top of the computer screens. In regard to the audio we decided to mix famous phrases of sci-fi movies with a space-like background sound to isolate the person from the outside noises.
When entering the tent, we give the participant a pair of headphones were the 5-minute audio will be played and we instruct him or her to sit in the middle of the tent facing the holograms. The participant is informed that the experience is designed for one person at a time and last 5 minutes. When the time is up, we open the tent and ask them to sing our guest book as their parallel self.
Works used:
SinCoslines https://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/544500
Lines and circles III https://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/713361
WavesOnSphere https://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/402629
Black Star https://vimeo.com/20192820