TOUCHinVR
performative installation
A performative installation in VR, offers a limited number of participants in the presence – 4-6 people per session – a totally immersive experience, lasting about 15/20 minutes, within which they will be able to interact with a remote dancer to develop a contact dance in virtual form.
The avatars of the participants and the performer will be able to use their hands with the same articulation and sensitivity as natural persons.
Their choreographic relationship will activate an absolutely real experience in the VR context, allowing you to experience an authentic sensation of contact between bodies. Virtual Reality offers an unusual space / time condition and those who participate in it are placed at the center of a unique physical experience, which involves all the senses and in which it is possible to perceive and perceive the presence of others, experiencing a new dimension that opens up to reflections. on the limits and potential of the virtual. .
Credits
Direction Claudio Prati, Ariella Vidach
Choreography Ariella Vidach
Performer Compagnia Ariella Vidach AiEP
VR/HR research and development MEETinetrmedialab
Co-production Avventure in Elicottero Prodotti, Ariella Vidach AIEP / MEET/intermedialab/Digital Culture Center / DiDstudio
In collaboration with MEET (IT)Digital Culture Center / FIT Festival Internazionale del Teatro e della scena contemporanea – Lugano (CH) / SUPSI FABLAB / LCV di Lugano (CH)
Supported by di Pro Helvetia – Fondazione svizzera per la cultura / DAC Comune di Lugano/ MIC Ministero della Cultura / Comune di Milano