Samsara is an immersive VR experience that takes participants on an introspective and meditative journey through a dream-like maze. Visitors appear in a far reaching field of flowers where a translucent maze made of cloth blows in the wind. As visitors navigate through the experience, they are prompted with a series of cryptic, existential questions that determine which path they follow. Strange and surprising objects appear to float through the sky offering hints into the psyche of the maze.
Accompanying the visitors on their journey is an evolving string and electronic soundtrack co-created by Fili 周 Gibbons and Della Orrey that morphs and changes according to vistor’s path in the maze. Through a delicate combination of space, structure, and sound, the artists seek to juxtapose gaming technologies and VR, often associated with intense or overwhelming experiences – with a more meditative and introspective experience.
Reflected in its winding form, esoteric questions posed and soundtrack, Samsara encourages a delicate facet of the human experience: introspection.
This project was developed during CO/CREATE 2024 at World Creation Studio in Montréal [Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang] 2024.
Exhibitions:
World Creation Studio, residency group exhibition | Montréal | July 2024.
Accompanying the visitors on their journey is an evolving string and electronic soundtrack co-created by Fili 周 Gibbons and Della Orrey that morphs and changes according to vistor’s path in the maze. Through a delicate combination of space, structure, and sound, the artists seek to juxtapose gaming technologies and VR, often associated with intense or overwhelming experiences – with a more meditative and introspective experience.
Reflected in its winding form, esoteric questions posed and soundtrack, Samsara encourages a delicate facet of the human experience: introspection.
This project was developed during CO/CREATE 2024 at World Creation Studio in Montréal [Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang] 2024.
Exhibitions:
World Creation Studio, residency group exhibition | Montréal | July 2024.
Video by Milo Reinhardt