Pekhshishveli Tkeshi
"Barefoot in the forest" (Georgian)
2023 immersive environment, collaborative artwork with Anushka Chkheidze
In this experiment we crafted a multisensory digital forest experience. It is a long curved projection space, decorated with a fairytale look, filled with calming deep sound, smell of a pine tree forest and green digital imagery that hypnotically moves. At the entrance people take off their shoes and go inside barefoot, stepping on a soft surface, that covers the whole floor and resembles moss under their feet. An interactive scenario invites visitors to look for tiny tree sprouts and help them grow using a magic lantern. But the most pleasant for me was to see that it made sense for people to just spend time there - relaxing and talking, playing pebbles, building objects with sticks and bark - just like in the forest <3