Coyote is an immersive virtual reality installation developed as part of my doctoral artistic research and inspired by Joseph Beuys' I Like America and America Likes Me (1974). Rather than recreating the historical performance, the project digitally reconstructs its spatial conditions, transforming them into an interactive virtual environment where the logic of performance becomes an embodied experience.

Guided by algorithmic unpredictability, every encounter unfolds differently, allowing participants to navigate the work through their own movement and perception. Instead of observing performance from a distance, visitors become active participants, questioning presence, embodiment and the shifting relationship between physical and virtual realities.

Coyote represents an important stage in the evolution of my artistic practice, expanding earlier investigations into performance towards immersive environments while maintaining the body as the central site of artistic inquiry.

PROJECT FRAMEWORK

Year:
2022

Status:
Completed

Media:
Virtual Reality · Immersive Installation · Interactive Experience

RESEARCH FRAMEWORK

Research Questions:
How can performance be translated into immersive virtual environments?
How does virtual reality reshape embodied presence and perception?
Can algorithmic systems generate unique performative experiences through interaction?

RELATED RESEARCH THEMES

Embodiment

The body becomes the primary interface through which virtual environments are experienced and continuously redefined.

Presence

Investigating how presence emerges through interaction rather than physical proximity.

Immersion

Virtual reality functions as an experimental performative environment rather than a medium of simulation.

Digital Environments

Interactive virtual spaces become active participants in shaping embodied experience.


CONCEPT

Coyote explores the possibility of translating the conceptual structure of performance into virtual reality. Inspired by Joseph Beuys' I Like America and America Likes Me, the project does not attempt to reconstruct the original artwork itself but rather investigates how its performative logic can be reinterpreted through immersive technologies.

The digitally reconstructed environment becomes a space of encounter in which the participant assumes the role traditionally occupied by the performer. Rather than observing a completed action, visitors actively construct the work through movement, perception and interaction.

Algorithmic unpredictability ensures that every experience remains unique, shifting the focus from representation towards emergence. Performance is no longer understood as a fixed event but as a continuously evolving relationship between body, virtual environment and computational behavior.