Art and augmented reality. Optical illusions in hybrid space
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Optical illusions and augmented reality (AR) used in the artistic sphere are concepts which have been widely studied as separate, but very little has addressed the phenomenon of optical illusions in avant-garde artistic pieces created by means of AR. Within this field of study, another factor to be considered is the variations on a perceptual level of the tricks, ambiguities and misunderstandings produced by optical illusions, if their effects are compared between AR settings and those environments which are completely real. With the intention of gaining a better understanding of this issue, on the one hand the works of various artists are studied which are generated by AR and where optical illusions are produced. And on the other hand, an experiment is carried out in which a series of participants evaluate three dynamic artistic pieces, in which digital elements of different forms, colours and dimensions are superimposed onto backgrounds whose characteristics generate processes of discordance and tension between outline and background.
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Borja Jaume Pérez, Complutense University of Madrid
Borjaume is a digital artist who works in the fields of experimental drawing, interactive art and virtual reality. Studying a doctorate in the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, he has specialised in drawing and virtual reality. His practice has evolved towards immersive experiences through the mixing of traditional and digital techniques, expanding itself beyond the two-dimensional surface in order to create hybrid drawings in which he speaks about the everyday conflict between digital and analogue devices, while establishing a dialogue between the body and space. He has conducted workshops on augmented reality with Unity, workshops on digital drawing, and the study of volume and form through free-access programmes such as Krita or Inkscape, as well as having participated as a speaker at various conferences, analysing the artistic possibilities offered by extended reality tools and free software tools such as Arduino, Processing or Pure Data. He has participated in the international programme IMACLA, the result of the collaboration between the UCM Faculty of Fine Arts and the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (Khio), addressing the possibilities of interactive drawing through virtual reality.
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