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Keywords: Architecture | History | Religion
Relevant passages:
Oliver Grau «Immersion and Interaction
From Circular Frescoes to Interactive Image Spaces»
Works by unbekannt (unknown):
The Acoustic Backdrop of a Battle in the Radio Station’s Auditorium
Mood-Song Topographics. Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape telephone concert telephone concerts Tri-Ergon optical sound recording
Wolf Kahlen »TV-Spiegel« Jochen Gerz »Video Opernhaus« Valie Export «Body Sign Action» Jochem Hendricks «Eye Drawings» Ulrike Rosenbach »Das Bild der Frau in der Nachkriegszeit«
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«Villa of the Mysteries»
In this chamber dedicated to the cult of Dionysus, which was used for rites of initiation and rituals, the observer is surrounded by life-size, realistic figures, who seem to address the visitor and each other across the intervening space, communicating from wall to wall. The image space functions as a portal, allowing gods to enter the supposedly real physical space and, vice versa, taking the portrayed human actors and the observer onto the same image level.
Oliver Grau
