Plimsoll Gallery public program - In My Shoes: Intimacy – Virtual Reality Session

In My Shoes: Intimacy is a 360-degree experience which explores the power of human connection. Put aside your inhibitions, sit down with a partner and look into their eyes. Let these strangers guide you through their impromptu, unconventional and intense moments of intimacy through virtual reality.

Intimacy is a first-person documentary designed for two people to experience three encounters from six very different perspectives. It tells the stories of two strangers, two comrades and two lovers. It explores the importance of intimacy in survival, relationships and sexuality from a first-person perspective.

Intimacy forms part of In My Shoes, an internationally-recognised empathy project. In My Shoes is an ever-expanding collection of first-person, documentary style interactive performances, which guide participants through the beautiful, the challenging, the mundane and the surreal aspects of being human. In My Shoes is a fusion of documentary, education and theatre.

Find out more about this artwork, showing as part of Experimenta Make Sense: International Triennial of Media Art, 20 April – 27 May 2018, Plimsoll Gallery UTAS: www.experimenta.org/makesense

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About the artist:

Jane Gauntlett is a writer, designer and producer of interactive experiences. She has spent more than ten years working in interactive theatre, film and games. Her narrative-driven works explore the capacity for technology to intensify audience experience.

In 2009 Gauntlett began working with audio technology and video goggles (Vuzix). She has since gone on to design experiences for Oculus Rift DK2 and Samsung Gear. She has worked as an artist and speaker for a diverse range of organisations and commercial companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Watershed Pervasive Media Studio, the UK’s National Health Service, Unilever, Saatchi & Saatchi, and with technology developers working in the fields of virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence and haptics.

*This project is not suitable for people under 15 years of age.

Please note that your email address will only ever be used to communicate with you regarding Experimenta event evaluation. Your information is strictly confidential and will never be shared with any third-party organisations.

_{Image credit: Jane Gauntlett, ‘In My Shoes: Intimacy’ (2017). Photo by Mark Ashkanasy}

FAQs

Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?

This project is not suitable for people under 15 years of age.

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

email: jane.barlow@utas.edu.au

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