Reborn - Virtual Reality Experience

Reborn is a virtual reality experience that places users in the perspective of a fetus in the womb. Beyond offering a meditative journey, it prompts contemplation on the discourse of immersion. Upon removing the VR headset, users may feel a sense of rebirth, emerging from the simulated womb into the real world with newfound perspective. This project transcends traditional VR escapism, offering a thought-provoking exploration of the human psyche and the power of immersive technology to evoke deep introspection and understanding. For this VR piece, I filmed a variety of cloths and edited them to emulate the perspective of a fetus in the womb. I also edited sound effects and layered them for the soundscape.

FemEx Archive Interview with Avital Meshi

Interview Photo

Recently, I had the honor of interviewing the incredible New Media artist, Avital Meshi, for FemExArchive. She is a Ph.D. student and professor in the Performance Studies Program at UC Davis, and she holds an MFA from The Digital Arts and New Media program at UC Santa Cruz and a BFA from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. She also holds a BSc and an MSc in Behavioral Biology from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Known for her immersive installations and performances, Meshi used methods of emerging media such as artificial intelligence to invite viewers to explore aspects of their own identity through the lens of new technologies. In her most recent artworks, she navigated AI facial recognition systems, examining our ability to modify AI analysis results through performative behavior. By using our external appearance as input, she uncovered biased programming that has the potential to harm lives, making it crucial for us to understand how these systems see us. The works discussed in this interview included only a few of her varied pieces: AI Seance (2024), GPT Me Project (2023), Calling Myself 'Self' (2023), The Classification Cube (2019), Don't Worry Be Happy (2020), This Person is Not Me (2022), Surveillance Bra for Living Sculpture (2021).

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