{"id":110302,"date":"2022-04-12T10:55:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T09:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=110302"},"modified":"2022-04-12T17:29:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T16:29:24","slug":"in-the-art-a-new-kind-of-reality-by-centmagazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=110302","title":{"rendered":"In the Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are walking inside a painting;  the light is red like a sunset. To our right, we see an elephant with long legs. We are in the middle of the desert, feel its heat, and see the sand on the ground. But this is not reality, it is not a dream either  It’s something else. We feel it on our skin, we feel emotions as if this work was alive as if we were inside, yet we are not.  This is, of course,  immersive art. Find more about why immersive art is a kind of revolution here In the Art<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is no new phenomenon. It has been used since the Middle Ages, notably with the creation of illustrated and coloured stained glass windows in churches to tell religious stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 18th century, phantasmagoria ( a form of horror theatre that used one or more magic lanterns to project frightening images, onto walls, smoke, or semi-transparent screens ) was used for the first time to animate theatrical representations of the time, with <\/em>lanterns, lights or mirrors and smoke to plunge the spectators into the heart of the story told . This phenomenon was therefore the precursor of what we call today ‘augmented reality’ and ‘immersive art’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This type of work has been used by artists around the world to rework classical and infamous pieces of art, such as the paintings of the famous ‘Dali’<\/em>, across a virtual reality experience at the St Petersburg Museum in Florida that allows viewers to travel literally into the world of the artist, or with the opening of the virtual reality museum ‘Art Plunge’ which allows viewers to revisit art classics such as the Mona Lisa by travelling directly through these works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is symbolised by the creation of interactive artworks that put all of a person’s senses into action. The viewer is immersed in the very heart of this work , both mentally and physically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This artistic method surrounds the visitors and appropriates the space in which it is located to appeal to all the senses, emotions and feelings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This model of art has gained in popularity thanks to the opening in Paris, in 2018, of a space dedicated to it: the workshop of lights. As a direct precursor to the Cinema or the Theatre, immersive art develops and intensifies with time, until creating a new kind of immersive art, which consists of using the space which surrounds us by relying on new technologies to touch the spectators in depth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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