Hearts and Minds: The Interrogations Project

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

Link: https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_01235

Caption: Hearts and Minds as presented in the CAVE2 in the Electronic Visualization Lab at the University of Illinois Chicago.

“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 11 September 2001, the torture and abuse of detainees was a commonplace tactic.

Citation: Tsoupikova, D., Rettberg, S., Coover, R., Nishimoto, A., Hearts and Minds: The Interrogations Project, Leonardo, vol 50, no 5, pp. 513-514, 2017-10-01. https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_01235