Alter ∆  Altar

Alter ∆ Altar began in August 2019 as an immersive VR project named "Otherworld". In this virtual space I tried to accumulate the images, symbols, and memories that communicated the impact of losing my sister in July 2018. The nature of grief in social-technological landscapes is a difficult topic to fully breach because our main avenue of remembering, seeking, and reliving memory through social media can be alienating, and harmful. "Otherworld" was presented as a 4-channel video installation.

Alter ∆ Altar is a physical proxy for the original VR. The space includes a journal documenting the process of grief and the creation of the installation. Symbolic objects grapple with the themes of instability, growth, decay, and stagnation. A three-legged table upholds a video projector as it displays cut-pasted family videos. Both projects seek to understand the aftermath of a loved one's death when their images live on through an internet of physical objects and digital systems.