Meditation (In Pieces) is one of the four scenes of the VR work In Pieces, Sketches of a Dystopian Present. It narrates one of the prisoner’s walks on the prison yard, as he tries to scare away the bad feelings that inevitably take over every now and then. This script was created from one of the letters received from the Madrid prison.

“Sometimes, fear and loneliness takes over. I have a system to fight it…”

Joan Soler-Adillon developed this first version of In Pieces. Sketches of a Dystopian Present during his residency at #gazell.io in October 2018.

The resulting 10/12 minute VR experience was exhibited at Gazelli Art House from October 16th to October 31st, 2018.

Joan Soler-Adillon is an artist and associate professor at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), in Barcelona. His research and practice revolve around digital interactive media and its manifestation in digital art –particularly interactive installation, interactive storytelling and documentary, and virtual reality. From a full-body interactive game run on an inflatable slide, to a VR-based experimental documentary, he has participated in a myriad of projects with a focus on both behaviour design and interactivity, and on fostering the audience collaboration and participation.