Be Arielle F. VR
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Swiss artist Simon Senn bought a digital replica of a female body on a website for $12. He brings it to life in VR and modifies it. He then travels to England to find the young woman whose body was digitalized. A performance beyond belief and a major reflection on the ethics of the digital industry.
Explore Simon Senn's work, with two workshops offered at the Bibliothèque de la Cité
Workshop 2
How far can we go with virtual reality? Can we really appropriate a body? A Geneva-based artist and a graduate of HEAD – Genève and Goldsmiths, University of London, Simon Senn buys the digitalized body of a young woman, Arielle, on the Internet for $12. In his eponymous theater play, he carries out a virtual reality experience that enables him to enter the young woman’s body through a virtual reality headset. Between confusion and questions on the notion of identity and the unlimited potential of our current new technologies, Senn offers a reflection on our modern world and the increased digitalization of our lives.
Reception in collaboration with the Grütli - Centre de production et de diffusion des Arts vivants. A working version came 2nd at the PREMIO prize for encouragement for the performing arts in May 19 at the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne.
