Virtual Environments before Pixels: Yayoi Kusama’s Impact on Virtual Reality

History of art, among several subjects, is the result of the evolution of the intrinsic trends of the topic, merged with the influences of the social aspects of the present and past eras. The current historical moment is characterised by a strong process of digitalisation, and the fusion of exchange of knowledge and approaches between art and technology is growing fast. In this techart scenario, Virtual Reality is a strong example of a topic that is often considered as a result of purely technological evolution. The project AVAR (Art in Virtual and Augmented Reality) aims at giving art its credit in the definition of virtual reality experiences. We describe the art of Yayoi Kusama as an implementation of non-digital virtual environments that influence the design of experiences and the aesthetics of Virtual Reality applications. We focus on three main immersive works, in which the sense of presence, the perception of the self and of the environment, and the sense of immersion are crucial. We finally present the conclusions on how the background of the success of novel technologies can be credited to several different disciplines.

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Agata Marta Soccini

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Publication date: July 2017

Publication date (Print): July 2017

Pages: 410-414

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[0001]Univ. of Torino, Computer Science Dpt

Corso Svizzera 185, Torino, Italy

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2017.81

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2017)

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 11 – 13 July 2017

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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[1] S. S. Ferrell 2015 Pattern and Disorder: Anxiety and the Artwork of Yayoi Kusama Scripps Senior Theses. Paper 554

[2] LookNowSeeForever (2011-12) Yayoi Kusama: Look Now Forever Queensland Government. http://interactive.qag.qld.gov.au/looknowseeforever 10 February 2017

[3] New York Times 2017 Virtual Reality Has Arrived in the Art World. Now What? New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/arts/design/virtual-reality-has-arrived-in-the-art-world-now-what.html?r=0 10 February 2017

[4] M. Slater 2009 Place Illusion and plausibility can lead to realistic behaviour in immersive virtual environments Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 364 3549 3557

[5] A. M. Soccini 2016 Virtual and Augmented Reality in the Art of Lucio Fontana J. P. BowenG. DiproseN. Lambert Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2016) London, UK. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing. DOI:10.14236/ewic/EVA2016.30

[6] M. Yamamura 2015 Yayoi Kusama Inventing The Singular. The MIT Press Boston