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Description

Tangible/Intangible investigates how current and emerging visual technologies such as VR may be utilized to capture cultural heritage sites such as the Yunnan Gardens at NTU, and to create immersive virtual environments for audience exploration and engagement. Preliminary outputs, such as the Secret Detours immersive video, give an indication of the directions the project will take.[1]  This movie short is set within a lush Chinese garden, adapted from the great traditions of imperial landscaping —the Yunnan Gardens in the West of Singapore. Four dancers, dressed in the colors of the cardinal directions, examine the spaces, the paths and the detours of the green scenery. The spherical video relates to the experience of being surrounded by mythological creatures and their traces inside the garden. As the beautiful layout of the grounds is composed from a range of intersections with multiple meandering paths to choose from, the omnidirectional video invites similarly to explore the atmosphere between an exquisite selection of trees, shrubs, bushes and pieces of architecture.

Researcher(s)

• Elke Reinhuber
  School of Art, Design and Media
• Benjamin Seide
  School of Art, Design and Media
• Ross Williams
  School of Art, Design and Media