I acknowledge the Jaithmathang People whose country inspired my artwork and is the place where elements of this experience were captured and created.
I also acknowledge the lands of the Warrundjeri on which this artwork was created and where the exhibition is taking place.
I pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.
I also acknowledge the lands of the Warrundjeri on which this artwork was created and where the exhibition is taking place.
I pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.
FRAGMENTS
Exploring Time and Space
FRAGMENTS is an immersive experience by James Michael Berrett that explores time and space within real-time virtual reality environments. The artwork invites audiences to encounter an imaginative bushland environment inspired by the Victorian Alps in Australia. The project has been developed as part of a Creative Arts PhD at the Centre for Transformative Media Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
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The immersive experience includes a multi-sensory installation featuring a room-scale virtual reality experience. A liminal space layered with organic matter from the Victorian Alps evokes a bushland environment.
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Artist Statement
FRAGMENTS is inspired by spending time in the bush at my family-owned property that resides in the Victorian Alps. For me this is a special place in the High Country because it has played a significant role in my life and has shaped my connection to and appreciation of the bush. Over the course of more than three decades, I have personally witnessed the rhythms of nature including transformations of the landscape as a result of floods and bushfires. The impermanent qualities of the environment are aspects that I wanted to capture in my work and that inspired my experience of time within nature.
— James Michael Berrett
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Creative Process
FRAGMENTS was created using a real-time rendering engine (Unreal Engine), photogrammetry scanning techniques, 3d modelling and field recordings.
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Credits
Virtual environment design, photogrammetry, 3d modelling, texturing, programming, visual effects, field recordings, sound design, exhibition and installation design
James Michael Berrett
Music
Dr. Dan Golding
PhD Supervisors
Dr. Max Schleser & Dr. James Verdon
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Contact
James Michael Berrett
Centre for Transformative Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology