01/05/2026
Join us next week for the thesis defence of Camilla Scholz () on Wednesday, 6th of May.
06.05.2026 | 14:30 at the Deep Space in Studio 1, 3rd floor, Hauptplatz 8, Kunstuniversität Linz.
‘A Room in Time’
Experiencing time in interactive, immersive environments.
Time changes shape with every context. The constant ticking of a clock is challenged as soon as our emotions make time feel like it is flying by or dragging on. Physics further questions our assumptions about time, as it is entangled with space and influenced by gravity and motion. In media art, however, time is often treated as a background constant in which the artwork unfolds. Drawing on scientific and philosophical concepts, this thesis examines how different conceptions of time can be addressed in art, making time palpable within the experience. Based on the physical research presented in physicist Carlo Rovelli’s book “The Order of Time” (Rovelli, 2017/2018), various concepts of time are explored, focusing on how time is embodied in interactive artworks through immersive, sensory experiences. Two original artworks, “time moves faster in the mountains” and “in and out of time”, made for the Deep Space, an interactive, immersive environment, serve as case studies. The first explores the concept of time dilation, while the second approaches time from a personal and subjective perspective, imagining a new embodied metaphor of time. Within these artworks, time is actively experienced as the environment becomes an embodiment of time. This thesis argues that, by bringing different concepts of time into interactive, immersive environments, time is not merely represented but enacted and embodied, changing our perception of time. By performing time within a multisensory environment, abstract theories of time can be explored from a new perspective by experiencing them through the body.
