Body RemiXer

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By john desnoyers stewart, katerina stepanova, bernhard riecke & patrick pennefather

Extending Bodies to Stimulate Social Connection in an Immersive Installation

Body RemiXer con­nects bodies through move­ment. It is an expe­ri­en­tial pro­jec­tion based Virtual Reality instal­la­tion that explores novel forms of embod­ied inter­ac­tion between mul­ti­ple par­tic­i­pants where their bodies mix into a shared embod­ied rep­re­sen­ta­tion pro­duc­ing a play­ful inter­ac­tion that aims to sup­port the feel­ing of con­nec­tion and self-transcendence. Body RemiXer is both an artis­tic instal­la­tion and a research plat­form for inves­ti­ga­tion the notions of rela­tion of our bodies with our sense of “self”.

30sec short video:

 

2min video:

Here’s our pre­sen­ta­tion from SIGGRAPH 2020:

 

And at Laval 2020:

 

For more details, see here

Publications

Desnoyers-Stewart, John, Ekaterina R. Stepanova, Bernhard E. Riecke, and Patrick Pennefather. 2020. “Body RemiXer [Online].” Curated Virtual Reality Exhibition pre­sented at the Recto VRso Vancouver 2020, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October. https://www.alliancefrancaise.ca/rectovrso2020/.
Desnoyers-Stewart, John, Ekaterina R. Stepanova, and Bernhard E. Riecke. 2019. “Body RemiXer.” Curated & peer-reviewed Virtual Reality Exhibition pre­sented at the Fun Palace Carnival of Mixed Realities, Center for Digital Media (CDM), Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 25. https://thecdm.ca/events/2019–06-25/the-fun-palace-carnival-mixed-realities.
Desnoyers-Stewart, John. 2022. “Star-Stuff: A Way for the Universe to Know Itself.” Invited Virtual Reality Exhibition pre­sented at the SFU Surrey Community Open House 2022, Surrey, BC, Canada, October 27. sfu.ca/surrey/open-house-2022.html.
Desnoyers-Stewart, John, Noah Miller, Patrick Pennefather, and Bernhard E. Riecke. 2022. “Synedelica.” Curated Virtual Reality Exhibition pre­sented at the V-Unframed, Center for Digital Media (CDM), Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 1. https://www.alliancefrancaise.ca/v-unframed/.
Desnoyers-Stewart, John, Ekaterina R. Stepanova, Bernhard E. Riecke, and Patrick Pennefather. 2020. “Body RemiXer Virtualization for Recto VRso 2020.” Curated Virtual Reality Archival Work pre­sented at the Recto VRso 2020, Online. rectovrso.laval-virtual.com/en/virtual-edition-2020/.
Desnoyers-Stewart, John, Ekaterina R. Stepanova, Bernhard E. Riecke, and Patrick Pennefather. 2022. “Body RemiXer Virtualization for Recto VRso 2022.” Curated Virtual Reality Archival Work pre­sented at the Recto VRso 2022, Laval, France, April 12. rectovrso.laval-virtual.com/en/virtual-edition-2020/.
Desnoyers-Stewart, John, Ekaterina R. Stepanova, Bernhard E. Riecke, and Patrick Pennefather. 2021. “Body RemiXer Virtualization for Recto VRso 2021.” Curated Virtual Reality Archival Work pre­sented at the FIAV — Festival International d’Art Vidéo de Casablanca, Laval, France, November 23. https://www.fiav.ma/assets/pdf/installations/6.pdf.
Desnoyers-Stewart, J., Stepanova, E. R., Riecke, B. E., & Pennefather, P. (2020). Body RemiXer: Extending Bodies to Stimulate Social Connection in an Immersive Installation. Leonardo, 53(4), 394–400. https://doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_01925 (Download)