VIRTUAL MANNEQUIN
(2025)
Mixed-Media, Augmented Reality (AR) Installation
Description
"Virtual Mannequin" is a multilayered virtual representation of bodies, questioning self-perception and internal dialogue. The work explores the boundary and connection between physical and virtual bodies, inviting viewers to reflect on how digital technology influences identity and embodiment.
Creator: Nathan Zhe
Supervisor: Sojung Bahng
Produced and Showcased during 2024/25 MAPP 400 (Queen's University) Final Showcase "Traces of Self"
LOCATION: The Power Corporation of Canada Studio Theatre 104, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
DATES: March 22, Saturday, 2025
SHOWCASE HOURS: 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
OPENING CEREMONY AND PERFORANCE: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Traces of Self
"Traces of Self" is a multidisciplinary art showcase featuring projects by Media & Performance Production (MAPP) 400 students. MAPP is a program co-coordinated by the Department of Film & Media and the DAN School of Drama & Music at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada.
The Media & Performance Production Major Project (MAPP 400 / Fall 2024 & Winter 2025) is a practice-based capstone course that provides students with the opportunity to explore and create digital media projects integrating audiovisual productions and live arts through interactive, augmented, and immersive media.
In the 2025 MAPP showcase, Traces of Self, students from diverse backgrounds examine their identities and sense of self using various tools and methods, engaging with themes of cultural identity, the body, relationships with technology and nature, family, and nostalgia. Media and performance serve as both a medium and a tool for the reinterpretation, transformation, and exploration of the self.
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