Xenses is an immersive installation that speculates on the future of sensory experiences and human perception through a blend of VR, performance art, and a fictional luxury pop-up store. This visionary project offers a provocative glimpse into how advanced technologies could alter our reality, underscoring the potential consequences on natural resources, consumer behavior, and social disparities.
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Abstract
Xenses is a performance installation speculating on the future simulative sensory experience and human perception of reality. It culminates an installation accompanied with immersive performance and VR experience, featuring a pop-up store by a fictional company dedicated to provide luxury sensory experience. Guilding audiences through a futuristic shopping experience, this project raises alarms on consequenses of intensive technology advancements: nature resource depletion, synthetic material promotion, disparaties in technology access, enhanced consumerism, change of perception and cognition, virtual experiences as reality substitution, and more.
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Website: https://www.cindyliu.site/projects/xenses-on-going
Keywords: Speculative Design, Sensory Experience, Immersive Performance
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