My interview with Mariana Pestana, curator of the Istanbul Design Biennial, is featured on Spotify in the series “Empathy Revisited” – Episode #6: Emmy Bacharach
Listen here: https://t.co/Rdjbsee3rP
'Stream of Consciousness / The Caves of Hasankeyf' is also exhibited online as part of the Furtherfield Gallery exhibition Translocal Cooperation, created during the Connect for Creativity residency in Istanbul.
Check out the online exhibition here:
https://t.co/nDYA6zoLtT
Taking a non-anthropocentric viewpoint, the work explores the relationship of water to human settlement, focusing on the Tigris river. The water that has nourished the land for millennia is now being harnessed for an infrastructural project that has huge ecological ramifications.
The work represents Hasankeyf using photogrammetric material collected from the site, providing a unique record of the caves in digital form, and exploring the potential of virtual reality to create empathy across different societies, geographies and life forms.
Designed as an immersive experience and film, this work explores the threat to Hasankeyf, an ancient city in south-eastern Turkey by the Ilisu Dam. Since the work’s creation in November 2019, the dam has caused the water levels of the Tigris river to rise and flood the town.
Happy to have my film and VR work 'Stream of Consciousness / The Caves of Hasankeyf' featured in the Istanbul Design Biennial Empathy Sessions series
https://t.co/LJd4eB2dcj
This Friday, @goldcomputing will be joined by Deborah Levitt and @hyphen_labs, discussing their immersive experience and interaction design work. Part of Volumetric Ecologies. All welcome. https://t.co/mS23wz6YXG