ABSTRACT

This article presents In Pieces VR, a VR-based artwork and experimental documentary on political prison, and discusses its main design challenges, goals, and creative approach. This project aims at creating a documentary and artistic experience that departs from conventional immersive journalism by presenting to its viewers a story made out of very small narrative units, and with subjects presented in the form of virtual sculptures devoid of any specific identity. The idea is that by leaving much of the making sense left open, viewers will have to fill in the gaps. The working hypothesis is that this will help create a different emotional, intellectual and political connection with the piece than that a conventional documentary would achieve, particularly to an audience unfamiliar with, or even politically alien to its specific context. Public exhibition of the work and user evaluation showed that the piece was successful in creating such connections.

摘要

本文介绍In Pieces VR，一部关于政治监狱的基于 VR 的艺术作品和实验纪录片，并讨论了其主要的设计挑战、目标和创作方法。该项目旨在通过向观众呈现一个由非常小的叙事单元组成的故事，并以没有任何特定身份的虚拟雕塑形式呈现的主题，创造一种不同于传统沉浸式新闻的纪录片和艺术体验。这个想法是，通过留下很多有意义的东西，观众将不得不填补空白。工作假设是，这将有助于与作品建立一种不同于传统纪录片所能达到的情感、知识和政治联系，特别是对于不熟悉、甚至政治上不了解其特定背景的观众。