La camera insabbiata, the Best VR Experience Award winner at the 74th Venice Film Festival, is a VR interactive installation co-created by American artist Laurie Anderson and Taiwanese artist Hsin-Chien Huang. The giant chalkboards are symbols that represent human memories; although they can be erased and written on repeatedly, the old memories linger on and will not disappear.
Countless giant chalkboards construct a vast virtual space, like an enormous labyrinth of memories. Guided by Laurie’s voice, visitors enter the dream-like world, and freely fly about in virtual reality. The work consists of eight different rooms. The Cloud Room features a galaxy of text like spinning nebula; in the Sound Room, voices of visitors talking and singing will be converted into sculptures. These unique rooms convert abstract symbols into concrete and interactive physical presences, allowing visitors to explore within them the connections between written words and memories.