After the hybrid performance environment at LxFactory, (Lisbon,Portugal) and Kowhai Island (Wellington Institute of Technology in SecondLife) the project continues in its virtual replica and until the end of November as a participatory virtual enviroment for avatars. We are uploading mocap animations produced for the project. They will be available by touching the dance ball in the room.
We would like to gather enough avatars in order to perceive how the movements and embodiments are performed by the avatars in interaction.
Yes, it's about embodying other bodies and subjectivities through our avatars, as much as we do everyday without noticing. Sharing an embodied subjectivity that intervienes in the corporeality matrix of Life in general, through what one brings in or consumes.

Furthermore, but no less important, we want to collapse the distance between supposed physical and virtual separated realities. Make the two modes closer and mutualy affecting.

We want to propose some animations, like embodied modes or states of beeing. THeir are to be shared amongst the avatars in presence and challenge them to experience these along with choosing and playing with their own location, orientation in space moves/gestures/chat. Relating through the shared/own movements and states with others avatars as well as with the people screened in the room, streamed live off its physical location.

Towards embodied inter-personal experiences that challenge the common modes of communicating and socializing towards and effective expansion of creative awareness in action, instead of substituting and sublimating our dreams in these environments.

Look very forward to move with you there,
Most regards,

Isabel C. Valverde
reaisjogosvirtuais
in collaboration with
MovLab / Universidade Lusófona das Humanidades e das Tecnologias, Lisboa, Portugal
Wellington Institute of Technology, Creative Technologies, New Zeeland
Support:
Direcção Geral das Artes
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Institute for Humane Studies and Intelligent Sciences
Visualization and INtelligent Multimodal Interfaces Group/INESC-ID, PT