Barnaby Churchill Steel, Kate Farrell, Bianka Hofmann: The Tides Within Us
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- The Tides Within Us
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A cross-sectoral project utilizing high-end MR research results, ’The Tides Within Us’ is an ongoing exploration into the world beyond the limits of our senses at the intersection of art, science and technology.
To create this project Marshmallow Laser Feast – one of the world’s leading immersive art collectives – partnered with Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS: pioneers in digital transformation of health care. Scientific data sets that peer deep into the human body formed the starting point of this ambitious collaboration. The Institute’s expertise in digital medicine and the MR-Lab research has enabled MLF to work with medical data acquired at a modern clinical MRscanner. The result is a series of stunning interactive screens that allow the audience to explore the human ecosystem investigating the flow of oxygen through the cardiovascular system, with cutting edge tracking technology; painting a picture of a human body as a fluid event.
This project actively humanises technology-allowing audiences to see the inner workings of their body through interactive approaches; as such the collaboration between the organisations has opened new ways of seeing and experiencing our bodies. As immersive technology continues to offer new platforms for experiential and embodied learning, the potential for this collaboration grows too.
The ultimate goal is to change the way people learn and think about themselves in relation to the environment. Where does the human body end, and where does it begin?
The Tides Within Us was originally co-commissioned by York Museums Trust, York Mediale and Coventry City of Culture. Funded by Arts Council England. In June 2021, Marshmallow Laser Feast evolved and expanded The Tides Within Us, into Observations on Being, for Coventry UK City of Culture 2021.
