A new book edited by Manischa Partowi, Annette Urban, and Manuel van der Veen
The Volume »Virtual Reality Exhibited. Interfacing Art, Games, and Everyday Life« explores how virtual reality connects bodies, objects, and spaces, mediating between art forms and experiences. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, the contributors analyze VR’s technical and aesthetic dimensions in contemporary art, highlighting its role as a »world within a world.« The book offers critical insights into selected artworks and expands the discourse on VR as a contemporary media practice. It has now been published by transcript as an open-access publication.
Virtual reality is a technique of interfacing which connects diverse bodies, objects and spaces, thereby mediating between different art forms and modes of experience. This feature also calls for a methodological interfacing of different disciplinary perspectives. The contributors to this volume examine how VR is employed in contemporary art with regard to its technical potential, its aesthetic qualities, and the imaginations it evokes. They highlight the use of VR as a ›world within a world,‹ ranging from encapsulated artificial environments to transitions into familiar lifeworlds.By bringing together theoretical perspectives from art history, media and game studies, this volume provides crucial analysis of selected artworks and expands the critical engagement with a contemporary art form and media practice.
Manischa Partowi/Annette Urban/Manuel van der Veen (eds., 2026): Virtual Reality Exhibited. Interfacing Art, Games and Everyday Life, Bielefeld: transcript.
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