Dreams of a Witch House (Project Tomorrow People) (2017)

Dreams of a Witch House (Project Tomorrow People) (2017)

Virtual reality, mixed media sculpture

Music: Jim Jupp: Eric Zann – Ouroborindra, Ghost Box Records

Dimensions/duration: Variable

With support from Gazelli Art House and Lethaby Gallery (CSM)

Dreams of a Witch House (2017)

Geodesic dome, sheep fleece, steel, wood, indigo yearn, air-bed, outdoor wolf fleece blanket and mixed media casts

Dimensions variable

A collaborative VR installation developed in 2016 with the launch of Oculus Rift, made by Alison Gill and Iain Nicholls. Taking a critical look at the intersection of virtual reality (VR) and sculpture, the work exposed the limits within a digital-haptic experience and the fault lines of otherworldly utopias. Acknowledging a fundamental shift in global perception, and with a nod to the horror vision of H.P.Lovecraft, Dreams of a Witch House (Project Tomorrow People) was intended as a nomadic site for new states of reality. A parallel world for ‘dark times’ invocating ideas about ecology, folklore, shamanic rites and commune utopias gone awry.

‘Enter the geodesic dome. Alone, together and open your eyes.’