Beyond My Skin
«Beyond My Skin» is an interdisciplinary project presented in the form of an interactive installation, hybrid performance, and mixed reality (MR) experience. The project explores the relationship between human bodies and their virtual representation with an experimental use of different technologies and immersive media, where visitors can experience a new form of self-awareness and representation outside of traditional binary and societal portrayals (classical avatars). The Mixed Reality Experience (2024) is the latest layer of this interdisciplinary project. Here, visitors can see the virtual bodies of two performers, previously recorded in real-time through motion capture technology, brought back to the physical environment. The experience creates a phygital space where both physical and virtual merge, adding a new layer to this entangled exploration between both realms. Through temporal interventions in the city, the interest in bringing these abstract, virtual bodies – originated from the physical world – to different public spaces, questioning not only the boundaries between physical and virtual but also between public and private spaces and forms of embodiment. A project by: Flavia Mazzanti Produced by: Immerea Mocap Performers: Olivia Hild, Bita Bell Sound: Brootworth
Biography
Flavia Mazzanti (*ITA/BRA, 1994) is a multimedia artist living and working between Vienna and Sao Paulo. Listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 List of 2023, her work explores artistic-philosophical concepts on post-anthropocentrism, entanglement, body and identity with the interest in providing alternative perspectives on ourselves and our environment.