Disorientated
Disorientated
verb
past tense:disorientated; past participle:disorientated
1. cause (someone) to lose their sense of direction.
"when she emerged into the street she was totally disorientated
Synonyms:
Confused,bewildered,perplexed,nonplussed,at a loss,(all) at sea,in a state of confusion,in a muddle.
make (someone) feel confused.
"being there made her weak and disorientated"
Echo by Mark Boulos enforces the feeling of been disorientated, with only a step into the limelight.
Entering a darkened room you notice nothing but a spotlight, inviting you to stand within it, instantly transporting to you to the centre of London on a eerie night. Buildings, traffic and the public passing every now and then. Your ghostly reflection stares back, simulating every move and expression in such as far out place. Just a few seconds standing within the installation you really do start to ask yourself, Where am I? Who am I? Am I still me? beginning to distance yourself from reality. My voice, likewise, becomes an echo. As the image of my body becomes increasingly unsynchronised, the background also becomes strange, shrinking into the distance , the buildings then start stretched. The perspective rule now becomes a blur to me.
Echo uses a technological version of the 19thcentury stage trick ‘Pepper’s Ghost’ and the camera technique is known as ‘contrazoom,’ a technique developed by Alfred Hitchcock to induce a feeling of vertigo, as it dislodges time and stretches space. The installation was made in collaboration with Professor Olaf Blanke, a neuroscientist, who has demonstrated ways to manipulate the body’s perception of the body’s location by using 3D video, and focusing on our relationship with outer body experiences. This reflects on Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytic theory known as ‘The Mirror Stage’, which argues that only when we recognise our reflection that we can actually begin to understand ourselves as a single subject.
The video attempts to induce a feeling of displacement and alienation, it is a piece inspired by neuroscience and psychoanalysis. An Art video manipulating time, space and who you are.