SHAPESHIFTER

Virtual Reality Experience (WIP). Commissioned by the City of Bendigo for the Enlighten Festival, Shapeshifter was created for the public in a night-time event similar in concept to Sydney Vivid or Melbourne Whitenight. During this event, people explore the urban landscape of Bendigo, which had been transformed by artists, performers, and projectionists interacting with and responding to the cityscape and architecture of the town.
My colleague Dr Megan Beckwith and I were sponsored to create a site-specific response to one of the most iconic buildings in Bendigo, the Town Hall building. The Hall is a Landmark Victorian building of the same era as the invention of the stereoscope, making it a perfect building to form the basis for and housing of this project as we were both working with the creative possibilities of stereoscopy, embodiment, and VR,
My project Shapeshifter used photogrammetry fragments of the building's interior and exterior elements as interactive particles controlled by the participant's hands as they explore the space using viewing portals. 2018.