"Hearts and Minds: The Interrogations Project"

Created on November 09, 2014

2014   ·   paper   ·   papers

Hearts and Minds: The Interrogations Project

Coover. R, Rettberg, S., Tsoupikova, D., Nishimoto, A.

image Hearts and Minds performance in the CAVE2™ panoramic virtual theater Credit: L. Long, EVL

Hearts and Minds: The Interrogations Project is an interactive Virtual Reality narrative performance made for the EVL’s CAVE2™ large-scale 320-degree panoramic virtual reality environment that visualizes stories of violence and the post-traumatic stress experienced by ordinary American soldiers who became torturers in the course of serving their country. During the American-led counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism campaigns in Iraq in the years after September 11, 2001, the torture and abuse of detainees was a commonplace tactic.

Keywords: Virtual reality, immersive environments, visualization, art, storytelling, digital humanities.