Gateway to Reality (2023)
Installation / Augmented Reality / Binaural audio
Created by Kristina Kapilin, Shaye Thiel and Sofia Economou
Sound Design by Kristina Kapilin
Gateway to Reality delves into Aristotle’s philosophical framework of the five senses. Drawing inspiration from Aristotle’s seminal work, De Anima, composed between 384-322 B.C., the Augmented Reality experience unravels the interconnectedness of the senses and the four elemental forces: fire, air, water and earth.
Wearing Snap’s unreleased AR-glasses, ‘Spectacles’, participants encounter a physical installation representing the elements. By challenging Aristotle’s ideas through hearing, taste, smell, touch, and sight, participants are invited to engage with a contemporary understanding of senses, reality and self-perception.
Exhibited at ‘The Arrival of a Train’, Cromwell Place, London, UK in September 2023.
Video by Sunghoon Song