Jeroen Alexander Meijer
OUT-OF-BODY
In a digital realm built for the eyes and ears, the body is increasingly forgotten.
For OUT-OF-BODY, Jeroen Alexander makes use of virtual illusions to probe, stretch and displace our sense of self. In this work, the combination of virtual reality and point cloud technology allows us to go through several stages of digital embodiment and disembodiment, helping people explore the relationship between the digital world and our physical selves.
Jeroen Alexander Meijer is an interdisciplinary mindscape artist who navigates between psychology, philosophy and cognitive science to create interactive experiences that help us become aware of the mysterious properties of our attention. His fascination with the topic begins with his own attention deficit disorder clashing with the hyper distracting world of today. By practising the ancient technique of Vipassana meditation he regained awareness over the subtle and immeasurable power of the human mind, inspiring the objective of his work to help audiences all over the world get into similar meditative states and bend their attention back on itself. He achieves this by composing immersive multi-sensory installations that focus deeply on perceiving your own perception, with the ultimate goal of creating a profound sense of how our inner realms intimately influence our outer worlds.
Credits:
VR Support: Leo Scarin
Graphic Design: Sofia Irene