02 - Place-Matching - Emma Whittaker by The Box and Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives published on 2015-09-23T12:49:41Z The act of imagining environments is continuous with the cognitive processes involved in our rational thought. Simulating alternative possibilities and counterfactual thinking helps us to make judgments and decisions. Our thoughts about places utilise memories that draw upon prior perceptions. Place-matching employs binaural audio to situate sound around your body, combined with techniques from hypnotic induction that together are potential triggers to stimulate your imaginary worlds. Step inside… Bio Emma Whittaker is an artist and researcher at Plymouth University. She creates narrative environments mediated by perceptual illusions, games and sound. Recently she has produced a number of locative smartphone apps utilizing sensor technologies for museums and public spaces, in collaboration with James Brocklehurst. Her academic writing extends from classical pragmatism, particularly applying the psychology and philosophy of William James to experiential dimensions of narrative. www.trulyimagined.org www.expandednarrative.org www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/ewhittaker Genre ARTIST ROOMS
