Popat, SH (2012) Keeping it Real: Encountering Mixed Reality in igloo’s SwanQuake: House. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 18 (1). 11 - 26. ISSN 1354-8565
Abstract
This paper employs the writings of early twentieth-century phenomenologists to examine physical/virtual dualism a century later. It considers the nature of embodied experience in mixed reality environments through an analysis of the author’s encounter with an art installation. The paper reflects on post-Cartesian approaches to the body and new media, noting the resistance of the language of philosophy to the articulation of mixed reality as a concept. If the language of the field constructs dualism, and the cyborgian unitization of human/technology invokes responses of horror or pity, are we prepared socially or culturally to inhabit mixed reality environments as embodied beings?
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2012, Sage Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Convergence. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Images omitted for copyright reasons. |
Keywords: | Embodiment; Phenomenology; Mixed Reality; Performance; Installation Art; Virtual worlds; Avatar; Cyborg |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Performance and Cultural Industries (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Professor Sita Popat |
Date Deposited: | 21 Nov 2013 15:55 |
Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2013 15:55 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856511419913 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Sage Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1354856511419913 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:76890 |