“The 8th Continent – A Participatory Interactive Art and Gaming Experience for Reclaiming Public Screens” presented by Agcal and Dulic

Symposium:

• ISEA2024: 29th International Symposium on Electronic Art

• Ecologies of Place (short papers)

• The 8th Continent - A Participatory Interactive Art and Gaming Experience for Reclaiming Public Screens

• Speculative practices

• Bengi Agcal
• Aleksandra Dulic

Venue(s):

• Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia

• The 8th Continent is an interactive art experience with gamified elements that foster public dialogue about plastic pollution. In the 21st century, plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most severe environmental issues. The work, through an immersive 3D environment inspired by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, enables the participants’ engagement as content creators to form an inclusive digital space for knowledge sharing and community expression. By featuring voice recordings from participants and reclaiming public screens used for advertisements, this work explores the potential of participatory knowledge to establish a decolonized space for ecological discussions.

Keywords:

• interactive art
• participatory content creation
• video games
• sustainability
• plastic pollution
• Immersive art
• collaborative computing

Category:

• Short Paper