“INTER/her: INTER/her: An immersive journey inside the female body” presented by Baker
Session Title:
Human and Non-Human Bodies: A Dialogue
Presentation Title:
INTER/her: INTER/her: An immersive journey inside the female body
Presenter(s):
Abstract:
An immersive installation and Virtual Reality artwork focussed on post-reproductive diseases and pain over 40’s women experience: endometriosis, fibroids, polyps, Ovarian and other cysts, cervical, ovarian, uterine and endometrial cancers. The sensory and emotional experience moving from the outside in within a real dome space into VR space, with a 3D audio soundscape of the voices and stories of real women recounting their experiences, making it an intimate, emotional and possibly haunting experience, with accompanying wearable haptic garment providing a visceral vibration responsive experience on the lower abdomen, where the various diseases occur.
