Char Davies' Immersive Art and the Essence of Spatiality [Hardcover]

Laurie McRobert (Author)

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Hardcover: 290 pages
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division; 1st Edition edition (May 5 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 080209094X
ISBN-13: 978-0802090942
Product Dimensions: 25.3 x 18 x 2.1 cm
Shipping Weight: 658 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #460,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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In this first book-length study of the internationally renowned Canadian artist Char Davies, Laurie McRobert examines the digital installations Osmose and Ephémère in the context of Davies' artistic and conceptual inspirations. Davies, originally a painter, turned to technology in an effort to create the effect of osmosis between self and world. By donning a head-mounted display unit and a body vest to monitor breathing and balance, participants are immersed in 3D-virtual space where they interact with abstract images of nature while manoeuvring in an artificial spatial environment.

Char Davies' Immersive Virtual Art and the Essence of Spatiality explores spatiality through a broad scope of disciplines, including philosophy, mythology, biology, and visual studies, in order to familiarize the reader with virtual reality art - how it differs from traditional artistic media and why immersive virtual art promises to expand our imaginative horizons. This original study provides us with an important exposition of two of Char Davies' acclaimed projects and an exploration of the future impact of digital virtual art on our worldviews.

About the Author

Laurie McRobert is an independent scholar and a former lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at McGill University and the Thomas More Institute for Adult Education.

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