CONCEPT

CONTENT

INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION

HOW TO INTERACT

MULTIMEDIA WORLDS

VR WORLDS

ICONOGRAPHY

GATEWAYS

The virtual reality application main conceptual approach is related to Kali’s manifestations: creation, preservation and destruction. Kali’s virtual worlds are articulated by four main categories: (A) Man Destroys Nature, (B) Nature Destroys Man, (C) Nature and Man Live Together, and (D) Kali as a Metaphor of the Jungle.

As to the use of Hindu iconography special attention was given to the to Kali’s Yantra. The Kali Yantra represents the Supreme Generative Energy emanating from a central point, enclosed by three pentagons (actually five inverted concentric triangles), a circle and an eight-petal lotus. While a triangle within a female deity’s Yantra points downward, it points upward in a male deity’s Yantra. It symbolizes the oneness of the Supreme Female Principle with the Supreme Male Principle.

The Kali Yantra was studied, modeled and reinterpreted to become the matrix of the virtual worlds, the genesis from which visitors start their exploration and navigation to [Kali’s inner world]. Kali’s virtual world involves several models, texture maps, and audio clips. It is a large-scale environment, articulated by an extended virtual environments with multiple scenes, from a jungle to the cosmos…from cosmos to war… from war to idyllic gardens ... from the Amazon to India, etc.