SUBMERGENCE

Imagine walking through a virtual world, where pixels on a screen are replaced by thousands of points of light floating in space. Imagine that these points of light create environments, atmospheres and physical spaces that you can enter, affect, immerse yourself in.

This is Submergence. A new project by digital arts collective Squidsoup. 8,064 points of light suspended in a physical walkthrough space.

Submergence takes Squidsoup’s fascination with hybrid immersive spaces to a new level. It is the culmination of a five year research project exploring interactive media experiences that occupy physical space.

Squidsoup is an international group of artists, researchers and designers working with digital, interactive media installations. Our work combines physical space and virtual worlds to produce immersive and emotive headspaces, where participants can take active control of their experience.

Our work has been shown at numerous festivals, seminars and galleries around the world, including Ars Electronica Festival and Museum (Austria), SIGGRAPH (USA), Glastonbury and Kinetica Art Fair (UK) as well as several online exhibitions. Recognition includes an honorary mention at Prix FILE LUX (Interactive Art, 2010), an International EMMA for Best On-line Art (2000) and a BAFTA nomination (Interactive Arts 2002).

Submergence is a Squidsoup project created by Anthony Rowe, Gareth Bushell, Chris Bennewith, Liam Birtles and Ollie Bown.

Squidsoup’s work can be experienced online at www.squidsoup.org, and in shared spaces, physical and virtual installations.

Submergence // A project by Squidsoup
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