The Curtain

by Anabela Costa and Anabela Costa
2023

A Curtain is "a piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways along a rail and found as one of a pair at a window".

In-situ experience
VR headset, Screen, Computer
Suitable for all audiences
78 hour(s)
Multiple languages
Update : 15/05/2024
The Curtain (Anabela Costa)
The CURTAIN (Anabela Costa)
THE CURTAIN (Anabela Costa)
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a CURTAIN is :

• "a piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways along a rail and found as one of a pair at a window" ;
• "a hanging screen usually capable of being drawn back or up especially : window drapery" ;
• "a device or agency that conceals or acts as a barrier" ;
• "a piece of material, especially cloth, that hangs across a window or opening to make a room or part of a room dark or private".

Statement

• Spiral is a natural shape and an intrinsic movement of nature
• The movement of our solar system is directly relate to Helical Motion
•  Helical and spiral are symbols of the evolution of the universe
•  Blue colour is used as an open space, as expansiveness.
This interactive videoart installation is based on an experimental interactive evolutionnary

Description and interactivity

• The user is inside a tube, (3D construction) which is the inside of an helicoidal spiral that will go slightly up.
• As it is in alpha channel, the user can see the continuing spiral tube above, down and side.
• The user is moving inside de spiral.
• Inside the tube will have in both sides bars/curtains that he can pull with the touch controllers, then a video/curtain will screen during ….. minutes, blocking the walk, after you can proceed the walk inside the tube.
• Other images/curtain will also suddenly appear in a random way, in alpha channel, during …...seconds, also blocking the walk.
• Getting at the top, a film will appear and you have the right to see it, till the end.
• Nevertheless the user may choose, at any moment, not to proceed till the top, or not see the film till the end,,in that case he will go down, with all the obstacles, as he had to go up.
• Inside the tube there is a musical ambiance.

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In-situ experience
Experience
Terms
Solo
Interactivity
Interactive
Audience
Categories
Suitable for all audiences
Minimum age
4 years
Prices
Languages
Original language
Without dialogue
Dubbing
Without dialogue
Subtitles
Without dialogue
Team
Interpreter
no
Public outreach
no
Technician
yes
Material
Equipment
VR headset (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift) ; Screen ; Computer (Windows)
Internet connection
Not required to broadcast the artwork
Direction
Direction
Anabela Costa
M T
Other
Michel Titin-Schnaider
Production-distribution
Production
Anabela Costa
 
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