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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster Endodrome, 2019 Virtual Reality Environment Role: Executive Producer, HTC VIVE Arts Endodrome is the first virtual reality artwork by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster. Officially selected for the main exhibition of the 58th Venice Biennale curated by Ralph Rugoff, entitled May You Live in Interesting Times, the experience has a title derived from the Greek words endon, meaning "inside", and dromos, meaning "race" or " race track". Endodrome continues to explore notions of space, alternative states of consciousness and interiority. The installation can be experienced by five people at a time, via a theatrical device suggesting a seated session, incorporating sound, light and projections of the visions that viewers witness in their VR headset.⁠ The eight-minute experience begins by immersing the audience in a hypnotic monochrome environment, before moving into an abstract visual space in which brightly colored fields move with the gaze and breath. The work draws on the artist's experience of sound-induced cognitive trance with musician and author Corine Sombrun, who collaborated with the artist to create an accompanying soundscape.⁠ Endodrome is supported by VIVE Arts. Production team includes line producer Lucid Realities and VR studio Novelab.

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