To disappear into the non-physical area of cyberspace. We are now seeing the slow decline of expectations of virtual reality, to be replaced with the idea of dis-embodiment in the Internet. My research practice has traversed both of these desires. The research has taken a step away from the virtual spaces and returned to physical reality. The idea of immersion and technology is often talked about in a very literal fashion.
Immersion is taken to mean surrounding the viewer in a simulated world.
In art the idea of immersion is different, maybe it could be called the act of seducing the viewer into the experience. One of the current projects that is being developed is Sinking. Video Doucmentation of the piece from a single camera. Sinking is an interactive video installation that seeks to explore how diving under the water can act to slow your body down, into a relaxed contemplative state. You walk into a room, which has two rear projection screens floating in a space, projected on these screens are images of waves lapping around you as if your head was just at the surface of the water.