Abstract
I am approaching this chapter as a practitioner-scholar whose primary practice lies in the field of immersive installations. All have as a central feature the interface between the body and technology. In this chapter I will explore the nature of the relationship which occurs between body and technology when the participant engages experientially with immersive installations. I will also ponder on the way in which Gilles Deleuze’s and Henri Bergson’s thought finds voice in my work, and make explicit the way in which recent findings in neuroscience have provided an unexpected scientific underpinning for the approaches I take with respect to my installations.1
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Rubidge, S. (2006). Sensuous Geographies and Other Installations: Interfacing the Body and Technology. In: Broadhurst, S., Machon, J. (eds) Performance and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230288157_9
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