V-ZUG

— Fluxus

Imaginary architectural metaverse Participatory and interactive theater with natural interfaces

Non ti immergerai due volte nella stessa acqua
né mortale esistenza due volte ottenere..
[Eraclito - Frammento 91]
Natura ama celarsi
[Eraclito - Frammento 123]

The installation, realized with Stefano Roveda, is a metaphor for the relationship between man and nature from which man is distinguished because he handles symbols. Nature is shown in its complexity and power by enveloping viewers in a large cylinder. In superimposition appear the silhouettes of the visitors themselves captured live and superimposed on the images. Fluxus aims to engage audiences in an emotional experience by harnessing modern immersive video technologies, inviting guests for a short journey within a metaphorical and abstract universe designed to induce viewers to naturally transform themselves into actors in a collective action.

The immersive space is designed to foster relationships among visitors through body language. A very sophisticated but very user-friendly technology that corresponds to the philosophy behind every VZUG product. The scenes, produced by animating natural materials (water and steam), are inspired by synthetic geometry, which identifies some primal ways in which forces express themselves by shaping forms. Spiral curve, straight, expansive, wave, centripetal or broken: from the sudden clash of forces, articulated phenomena and forms are generated that we have slowed down by discovering phenomena invisible to the naked eye. While nature acts and reacts inexorably, man finds himself “on stage’ in the opportunity to express himself with his body, filling his temporary existence with meaning.

Credits

Concept and Artwork
Elisa Ossino, Stefano Roveda

Exibition Design
Elisa Ossino Studio

Director
Stefano Roveda

Photography
Fabio Olmi

Camera assistant
Stefano Slocovich

Editing
Federica Ravera

Software
Stefano Roveda, Cristina Angeloro

Hardware setup
Fabio Paradiso, Claudio Cantini

Construction
Pietro Grassi