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World Skin
The Cave is one of the Ars Electronica Center’s most popular installations, is a cube measuring 3 x 3 x 3 meters. One side is open; the interior walls constitute its projection surfaces. In the CAVE, several individuals can simultaneously experience a virtual, three-dimensional world. The simulation technology installed here has reached such a level of sophistication that it actually gives users the feeling of being part of the installation. Doing away with the need for a data helmet—which isolated users from their environment—makes it possible for a group to visit the CAVE installation together—a social act in a virtual space.
In the Virtual Cavern: ART
WORLD SKIN
With World Skin, Maurice Benayoun and Jean-Baptiste Barrière have organized a “photographic safari into the land of war.” Armed with a camera and playing the role of a war correspondent, the visitor wanders through a world scarred by death—one populated by human casualties and destroyed buildings. Whatever the visitor/reporter photographs is erased and turned into a white space, symbolizing war reportage’s effect of immunizing viewers against misery and relieving media consumers of the duty to take action.
Concept & Production: Maurice Benayoun, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Ars Electronica FutureLab
Award: Prix Ars Electronica 98—Golden Nica Interactive Art
Source: Maurice Benayoun, Jean-Baptiste Barrière
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