The Culture & Technology podcast 022 | July 10, 2024
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Paula Strunden: Touching, Licking and Tasting the Virtual
Paula Strunden is an XR artist & PhD researcher exploring multisensory and embodied spatial computing. In this episode of our podcast, we discuss how virtual reality experiences are mediated through our bodies; and what that means for the ways we construct reality.
What is the role of our body and physical spaces in VR experiences?
In this episode, we are joined with Paula Strunden, a transdisciplinary artist who explores multisensorial experiences in response to virtual worlds and the endless possibilities of reality perception.
GUESTS
Paula Strunden (she, her) is a transdisciplinary artist with a background in architecture. She pursued her studies in Vienna, Paris, and London and gained professional experience at Raumlabor Berlin and Herzog & de Meuron Basel before undertaking her PhD at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as part of the European network TACK: Architecture and its Ways of Knowing. https://paulastrunden.com/
HOST
Severin Matusek is a cultural theorist and founder of co—matter, a creative studio exploring the cultural and societal impact of new technologies.
IDEAS AND PEOPLE IN CONTEXT
Rhetorical Bodies is a collaborative extended reality (XR) installation by Paula Strunden that transcends the boundaries of physical and virtual reality. https://metamorf.no/2024/paula-strunden/
XR Atlas is an interdisciplinary collection of applied and research-oriented projects revolving around virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), and augmented reality (AR). http://www.xr-atlas.org/about
Osmose (1995) is an immersive interactive virtual-reality environment installation with 3D computer graphics and interactive 3D sound, a head-mounted display and real-time motion tracking based on breathing and balance. https://www.immersence.com/osmose/
Unity Software is a platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D content. https://unity.com/
CREDITS
The Culture & Technology Podcast is a long-form interview podcast produced by the Vienna Business Agency @wirtschaftsagentur_wien that aims to establish a long-term perspective on the ways emerging technologies impact cultural production.
Editorial Team (in alphabetical order): Carina Dala, Kesia Inkersole, Severin Matusek, Elisabeth Noever-Ginthör, Theresa Reimann-Dubbers, Heinz Wolf
Theme Music by Hell Mutang.
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