Traversing the Mist, XR experience
A groundbreaking, immersive experience. The tangibly embodied voyeuristic journey spans the full spectrum of fear, desire, discovery, corporeality, community, ageing, and death.
Description
In a surreal gay sauna you inhabit the body of a young Taiwanese man. You venture through this dreamlike world, woven with desire, excitement and fear, and make eye contact with other sauna-goers. As you move across each floor, corridor and room, each layer of the maze irrevocably unravels behind you. In the end, everything disappears. With Traversing the Mist CHOU Tung‑Yen pushed the boundaries of real‑time XR technology and storytelling. “We wanted to recognise a work that left us speechless and connected. This groundbreaking, immersive experience gave us a tangibly embodied voyeuristic journey encompassing the full spectrum of anxiety, desire, discovery, corporeality, community, ageing and death. – Shari Frilot.
