Dare

Transpositioning between Transnationalities

By Elizabeth Reed

Year
2023
Medium
Virtual reality animation, no audio
Dimensions
~5 minutes runtime
Availability
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Still from the VR animation — a dark, amorphous school of fish drifting in grey water
Still from the VR animation — an explosion of synesthesia: hands and coral forms in green, pink and violet

Migrating from the ‘hearing world’ to the ‘deaf world’ is an experience that can be overwhelming to nearly inducing a state of anxiety. One moment, an amorphous sea of nondescript life. The next, a explosion of synesthesia through colours and cosiginant shapes. It takes some adjusting, but the aftereffect is lingering evermore — and nearly addictive.

VR still — translucent hands rising in pastel light
VR still — pink coral tendrils over a blue seabed of hands
VR still — hands in coral pink, yellow and blue reaching into white light
VR still — fish gathering in the dark

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