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The second featured artwork is Sarah Schönfeld‘s work ‚All You Can Feel‘, which shows photographs of liquified drugs and other neurotransmitters - including Ketamine - exposed on photonegatives. The work shows these substances as round molecules, or orbs/planets. Hereby, casting them in an unusually artistic light that focuses more on structures and colours as opposed to the bodily effect/high. In this way the video is both an introduction into the bio-chemical first phase of a Ketamine therapy, when the liquified drug is introduced to the body, but also my personal alternate view on a medical (& societal) topic. | The second featured artwork is Sarah Schönfeld‘s work ‚All You Can Feel‘, which shows photographs of liquified drugs and other neurotransmitters - including Ketamine - exposed on photonegatives. The work shows these substances as round molecules, or orbs/planets. Hereby, casting them in an unusually artistic light that focuses more on structures and colours as opposed to the bodily effect/high. In this way the video is both an introduction into the bio-chemical first phase of a Ketamine therapy, when the liquified drug is introduced to the body, but also my personal alternate view on a medical (& societal) topic. | ||
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''The treatment chair became the anchoring point for the viewer. I modified a 3D model of a dentist chair from Sketchfab inside Cinema4D by adding a blanket with a print, which make it tie-in with the overall style of the experience.'' | |||
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The decision was made to anchor the viewer on the treatment chair allow the action to unwind around the user while seated. From a technical point of view this makes sense as it will decrease the risk of nausea, from being move from point A to point B, or accidents when users walk around with VR glasses. Conceptually this also aligns with the actual Ketamine-infusion-therapy experience. | |||
Additionally audio plays a crucial role both for a video essay - as these videos are usually narrated with personal commentary or the author‘s line of argumentation/statement - and, because one of the effects of Ketamine are the increased stimulating effect of any noise. | |||
One patient said her experience was guided by the soothing music that was played from headphones during her treatment, the sound shaped the visual and bodily experience. („A beautiful soundscapes that drove how I felt throughout that whole experience. It just felt like I was floating in this beautiful, enchanting, musical world.“ - Bridget, writer and producer at ‚What‘s Working‘ - source: ‚Ketamine Treatment for Depression: What It‘s Actually Like [Episode 2]‘) | |||