Abstract:

The aim of this study is to reveal the effect of immersive art technologies consisting of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) Technologies on the participation functions of contemporary art institutions.Today, contemporary art institutions contain values such as participation, democratization, polyphony, inclusiveness and transparency. These values have given contemporary art institutions a mission that takes care of the benefit of society and requires being intertwined with the society. For this reason, it is seen that contemporary art institutions are very closely related to digital technology. Because the digitalization, manipulation, recording, reproduction of information/data, in short, all the features of digital technology have highlighted the communication functions, which can be considered as the primary functions of contemporary art institutions today. Forms of digital technology, such as AR, VR, MR, which have interactive and immersion features and are called immersive technology, transform perceptions of reality. Immersive art projects, in which the audience is immersed, lead to the realization of this transformation. How are contemporary art institutions affected by immersive art events and exhibitions held with the audience in the context of participation? This is the main problem of the study. The positive/ negative effect will be revealed with the data obtained from the literature review and an interview analysis.

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