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. 2022. “Body RemiXer Virtualization for Recto VRso 2022.” Curated Virtual Reality Archival Work. Recto VRso 2022, Laval, France, Laval, France, April 12. rectovrso.laval-virtual.com/en/virtual-edition-2020/.
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. Recto VRso 2020, Online, Online. 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. FIAV — Festival International d’Art Vidéo de Casablanca, Laval, France, Laval, France, November 23. https://www.fiav.ma/assets/pdf/installations/6.pdf.
Desnoyers-Stewart, John, Ekaterina R. Stepanova, Bernhard E. Riecke, and Patrick Pennefather. 2020. “Body RemiXer [Online].” Curated Virtual Reality Exhibition. Recto VRso Vancouver 2020, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 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. Fun Palace Carnival of Mixed Realities, Center for Digital Media (CDM), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 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. SFU Surrey Community Open House 2022, Surrey, BC, Canada, 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. V-Unframed, Center for Digital Media (CDM), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 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: Extending Bodies to Stimulate Social Connection in an Immersive Installation.” Leonardo 53 (4): 394–400. https://doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_01925. (Download)