EpiZone[NULL]: PapiLLa
Immersive, multisensory VR environment
The piece is the continuation of EpiZone [NULL] , bridging two long-term projects: EpiMimesis & Rhizosphere
PORTFOLIO of the project
EpiZone [NULL]: PapiLLa questions the essence of human identity in
the world where organic and inorganic
systems will merge into a new hybrid whole of Big Data processing.
Inspired by symbiotic natural systems of Wood Wide Web the multi-sensual
poetic narrative of EpiZone[NULL]: PapiLLa immerses the viewer in a
complex, multi-dimensional semi-biological information network in which
the boundaries between micro and macro systems, between "internal" and
"external" data processing are blurred.
The piece is an immersive installation combining
Virtual Reality technologies with a sensory environment. The title
refers to biological nodular formations often associated with the
senses of touch, taste or smell, aas well as to the organs of
symbiosis between plants and bacteria produced by plants on their roots.
PapiLLa
It is a fractal of a virtual symbiote-system (EpiMimesis)
It is its sensory organ, a hybrid space in which the viewer's feelings
and imagination co-create the invigorating web of sympoiesis
.
The elusive threads of internal imagination, like invasive threads
of Rhizobium, connect a participant with a structure devoid of spatial and
temporal boundaries.
Key words:
Internet of Everything, Internet of Minds, future, Wood Wide Web, Rhizosphere, symbiosis
Introduction
We are increasingly aware of the fact that the structure of our reality is based on dynamic interactive data networks, from neural networks to the World Wide Web, from river basins to social, economic and cultural phenomena. Every microsecond, countless interactions link all levels of our networked world.
EpiZone [NULL]: PapiLLa
is an artistic vision of the future world, where organic and inorganic
intelligent systems will be combined into a new hybrid quality. On the
one hand, the project refers to the intensive development of the
Internet of (Every)Thing and research in the direction of AGI
(Artificial General Intelligence), on the other - to symbiotic network
strategies of plants (the so-called Wood Wide Web) as an alternative
model of an effective social eco-system.
PapiLLa is a micro-component of the future hybrid omni-system. The name
and form are derived from biological nodular formations often associated
with the senses of touch, taste or smell, as well as from the root
nodule, the organ of symbiosis between plant roots and bacteria
(Rhizobium)
In
VR, the viewer is slowly "captured" in the
form of
PapiLLa
- a virtual cocoon created by a densifying data network. The evolving
audio-visual narrative transforms a chaotic environment of elementary
particles into a complex multi-layered system in which cellular
structures are intertwined with a web of urban connections. In the world
where "all is data"
the
boundaries between micro and macro scales, between internal and external
data processing are blurred.
Finally, Papilla takes the form of an eye. Through its pupil, the viewer
enters the outside space - a semi-abstract, pulsating "rhizosphere".
Virtual narration is accompanied by a
multisensory experience. The viewer is placed in a special hammock,
through which he feels the vibration of the soundtrack and
petrichor, the smell of the earth
after rain, produced by soil bacteria.
PapilLLa
is the first stage of the project – the VR installation that will cover
several sensory "stands" of different PapiLLae
Each PapiLLa wiil be a short (several minutes)
poetic piece, an immersive haiku, creating an intimate, contemplative
space.
stills (mono)
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