“behind them a fire is blazing at a distance,… and they see only their own shadows, or the shadows…which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave.”- Plato, The Republic, Book VII
Platonic Voyage is a media-based performance that uses Google Earth 5.0 to simulate the experience of an ocean voyage. Equal parts allegory and video game, Platonic Voyage uses the Internet and computer technologies to explore the ways in which virtual spaces and activities have come to function in contemporary society as a surrogate for the real.
www.PLATONICVOYAGE.com
“behind them a fire is blazing at a distance,… and they see only their own shadows, or the shadows…which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave.”- Plato, The Republic, Book VII
Platonic Voyage is a media-based performance that uses Google Earth 5.0 to simulate the experience of an ocean voyage. Equal parts allegory and video game, Platonic Voyage uses the Internet and computer technologies to explore the ways in which virtual spaces and activities have come to function in contemporary society as a surrogate for the real.
www.PLATONICVOYAGE.com
