Fluctuating material/Unstable truth (#natureirl) – Taking perspective through a biofeedback augmented pass-through VR prototype
bukimi no tani 不気味の谷現象 ”hypothesized relation between an object’s degree of resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to the object” (Masahiro Mori, 1970)
Your Skin Is My Sky
AI-based, interactive, immersive, multi-subject Virtual Reality installation in a hut with a polyphonic performance. Presented: 2018, Mappings visual audio & deviant electronics Festival. Grant: Swiss National Science Foundation
The better self
Interactive, immersive Virtual Reality for a virtual museum and learning experience. Presented: 2017, International Summer School, Bauhaus Bundesschule Bernau
Raum im Raum
Didn’t this space exist within myself before I saw it? 360° 3d digital stereo video Virtual Reality installation with infrared full-body capture. Presented: 2015, Werkschau, special exhibition ©Isa Pasqualini, VR: Bruno Herbelin, Robin Mange
visual touches / touching views
What kind of emotions do walls evoke? Cardio-visual biofeedback interiors for Fish-Tank Virtual Reality and experiments at the neuroscience lab. Realized: 2013-17. Grant: Fellowship grant by “the cogito foundation” ©Isa Pasqualini
pop-up lab
Flexible aluminum modules for a mini-museum, lab, mini-cave, theatre, tryptique or “something between kitchen and lab” where people sit, taste and chit-chat. Project: 2012, for Swiss artists in labs ©Isa Pasqualini
visualizing future cities
A landscape and media design think-tank with binaural sound, Virtual Reality, drone survey & data visualization for the Venice Lagoon. Realized: 2014-2016, with Human-IST, University of Fribourg; Laboratory of Ecohydrology EPFL and the City of Venice
urban body
Two pavilions built from 500 industrial pallets and 2km rope at 751 D-Park in Beijing. Realized: 2011, with students from ALICE/EPFL and Tsinghua Art & Design Academy. Presented: Beijing Design Week 2011; Beijing Triennale 2011. Awards: SAST Award 2012
noplace palais
The intimate place of architecture in a virtual garden made of fragments of sound and light. Multiples: EAC “les halles”, Heliogravure 52x60cm, 12 numbered and signed copies. 2011, Swiss National Library ©Isa Pasqualini
transitions
Audio-video installation for a virtual garden. Presented: 2011, Espace d’Art Contemporain “les halles”. Video: Isa Pasqualini; sound: Luca Forcucci
“seeing” and “feeling”
In a study at the lab, participants watch their avatar in real-time on a HMD and are filmed from behind. Realized: 2008-12, PhD, EPFL. Presented: 2010, Swiss Art Awards. Published: Frontiers, 2014, 2018
400msec
“freedom of the will appears during a gap between making a decision to act and the onset of the action process. But the gap is an unconscious one of about 400 msec…” in: B. Libet, Mind Time. Project: 2009, with Tej Tadi and Luca Forcucci
Alvalade
The giant rounded corner of a temporary construction fence becomes an ephemeral urban landmark of its own. Realized: 2008-09, Private bank, Luanda, Angola ©Isa Pasqualini & mazzapokora
Crimson Rose
77 km2 for a new city in Angola. International competition & masterplan: 2007-08, Benguela, Angola. Presented: 2008, Swiss Art Awards ©Isa Pasqualini & mazzapokora
line_TM
A high-speed connection for a borderless, international Frontier City framing the Baltic coast against rising sea levels. Frontier Forests reconquer the suburban areas. International competition, 1st mention: 2008, Greater Helsinki Vision 2050 ©Isa Pasqualini
Conchiglia
Softly modulated hills for a park and parking infrastructure. International competition, 2nd prize: 2006, City of Rome, Divino Amore ©Isa Pasqualini & Topotek1
Paysage Connectif
A new horizon for the EPFL Campus with 400 student housing units and infrastructure. International competition, 3rd prize: 2005, EPFL south/St-Sulpice ©Isa Pasqualini
Underground
The open poché could be transformed into continuous linear parks if the surface was car-free! Workshop competition, 1st prize: 2005, City of Rome ©Isa Pasqualini
hybrid cluster
A three-dimensional zoning process with deep land parcels allowing for novel building types, such as 0-energy buildings. Masterplan, realized: 2001-03, in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Dürig, Zürich