Bystander

By-stander is a cinematic VR installation based on my experience as a depersonalization/derealization disorder patient. When exposed to irresistible stimuli, I evade the reality in the way of peeling off the consciousness from the body, which similar to a player in the game, suddenly changing from a subjective perspective to a third-person perspective, standing above, observing their body and surroundings. Audiences are allowed to experience such perspective shifting by interacting with the film through VR controller. Different variants: 3d scanning, 3d modelling, real- shooting and computer-generated animation are adopted and integrated as narrative factors to unfold my story. 

The installation was designed as an immersive space with layers of fabric hanging within which representing my brain layers. Fragmented memories were projected on it. The deeper audiences walk inside the tunnel, the cleaner images they will see, the closer they will approach my inner world. At the end of the tunnel, hid the box that contains my most secret memory and emotion waiting to be opened.

My objectives of creating this work is  to use media as a bridge to connect audiences with the inner world of the person with the de-personalization disorder as well as to experiment self-healing through art therapy during the creation process.