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Immaterial Materials

The ontology, character and method of immersive media and its formal and informal potential.

Immersive media is often seen as a field without an autonomous material. As spatial projections, immersive media constructs new realities they surround the body and provides us with an experience, which to some extent replaces the well-known physical reality behind the projector room.

However, since immersive media do have such a strong effect and affect on us, they must also have an existence, an object and a material. Instead of just being a passive tool for spatial data these media must be qualified in an aesthetic way just as the materials of ceramics, textiles, metal and wood.

A central question to this project is the ontological character of immersive media. What is the relation between the designer, the observer and the synthetic space created by immersive media, and in which ways do immersive media expand or replace the physical reality?

The project will investigate the theoretical background of this question, develop methods aimed at designers and demonstrate the aesthetic potential of an ontological approach to immersive media through practical research.

This will be done in six parts; 1) Media and Spatial Projections unfolding the concept and construction of immersive media, 2) A New Ontology for Synthetic Realities investigating the ontological status of synthetic realities and how they expand and replace physical reality, 3) The Body of Experience investigating the place of the body in immersive media, 4) The Techniques and Technologies of Synthetic Realities providing a critical view on the technologies used to construct immersive media, 5) Form demonstrating the formal potential of an ontological approach to immersive media and 6) Information demonstrating the formal potential of an ontological approach to immersive media.

The project is financed by research funds by The Danish Ministry of Culture. It will be carried out at Designskolen Kolding in cooperation with Aarhus University, Center for Advanced Visualization and Interaction and The Aarhus School of Architecture.

Articles

“Den Danske Arkitektur” by Anne-Louise Sommer (ed.), articles by Malene Leerberg & Thomas Leerberg, Gyldendal, 2008 (forthcoming)

"A Virtual Setting for Design Dialogue", in Virtual Platform – Dialogue across Space,

Designskolen Kolding by Thomas Leerberg and Inger Merete Skotting (ed.), 2008 (forthcoming)

”A Platform for Communication and Collaboration” in Design Research DK:07 by T Leerberg and L Wul (eds.), 2007

“Highlights fra Forvandlingsrum – de største successer og de bedste erfaringer” Paper by Malene Leerberg, Konferencen Forvandlingsrum: på vej mod fremtidens bibliotek – hvordan arbejder vi med innovation, rum og brugere, Studenterhus Aarhus, 30. januar 2007.

"DK: Virtual Platform, Afrapportering for Pilotfase Januar 2006 - Oktober 2006" by Thomas Leerberg, Ph.d. Research rapport, Designskolen Kolding, 2006

"A Spatial Environment For Design Dialogue" by Thomas Leerberg chapter in Higher creativity for virtual teams: Developing platforms for co-creation by S. P. MacGregor and T. Torres-Coronas (Eds.) (Peer reviewed, in print, will be published May 2007)

"DK: Scenarier for Forskning – Interaktive Medier og Visuel Kommunikation" by Thomas Leerberg and Trine Brun Petersen. Research rapport, Designskolen Kolding, 2005

"Embedded Spaces – embedding spatial parameters and properties in new products of architecture through an integrated design process" by Thomas Leerberg. Doctoral (Phd) dissertation 2004, Arkitektskolen Aarhus (Committee reviewed).

“Exhibition Space as Information Space” Paper by Malene Leerberg, Designworkshop ved professor i designhistorie, Jeremy Aynsley (Royal College of Art/ Victoria & Albert Museum), Kunstmuseet Trapholt.

“The Natural Constitution: Representing a National Narrative in the Early Republic.” by Malene Leerberg. The Odense American Studies International Series (OASIS), Working Paper, no. 61, 32 sider.

“Arkitektonisk økologi, Økologisk Arkitektur” By Thomas Leerberg in Dansk Arkitektur Årgang 2000, Statens Kunstfond, København, 2002 (Peer reviewed)

“How to Construct a Space for Space” by Thomas Leerberg in Nordisk Arkitekturforskning, No 2/2002 (Peer reviewed)

“Ny arkitektonisk praksis” by Thomas Leerberg, leder, Arkitekturnet.dk, 2001, vol. 06

“Den Nye Forstad” by Thomas Leerberg and others, Konkurrence-program, DAL/Århus Kommune, 2000

“En Visionær Pragmatisme” by Thomas Leerberg in Arkitekturnet.dk, 2000, vol. 12

“Grænsedragning i den nordamerikanske forstad” by Thomas Leerberg in Byplan, 2000, vol. 02

“Den Nordamerikanske Forstad” by Thomas Lelerberg, Research rapport, Arkitektskolen Aarhus, 2000

“Kampen om vandhullet – en beretning om en kunstudstilling.” by Malene Leerberg in Passepartout 7. årg., nr.14: 107-15.

“William Henry Fox Talbot: ‘The Magic Mirror’ – en tidlig indikation for fotografisk tænkning” (Thomas Latham, “William Henry Fox Talbot and Early Photography: ‘The Magic Mirror’ – an early indication of photographic thought”). Translated by Malene Leerberg in Passepartout 7. årg., nr.13: 123-33. •

“Suburban Warfare” by Thomas Leerberg, paper, Aalborg, 1999

“Turku Main Library” by Thomas Leerberg and Michele Saee, ArchiLab, Orleans Frankrig, 1999

“Re: Michele Saee” by Thomas Leerberg and Malene Leerberg in Passepartout, årg. 6, nr. 12, 1999 (Peer reviewed)

“Med skeen i hånden” by Thomas Leerberg and Malene Leerberg in Passepartout, årg. 6, nr. 12, 1999 (Peer reviewed)

“Los Angeles som bymæssigt fænomen, Gated Communities” by Thomas Leerberg, paper, Århus, 1998

“Global Urbanism – Local Urbanism” by Thomas Leerberg and Anders Toft, Europan 97, Thessaloniki, Grækenland, 1997

“Om den manieristiske rumstruktur i italiensk arkitektur” (Werner Hager, “Zum Raumstruktur des Manierismus in der Italienischen Architektur” (1956); oversættelse og tekstintroduktion i samarbejde med Steen Hammershøi Andersen). Translation by Malene Leerberg, Rumanalyser, red. Lise Bek & Henrik Oxvig, 133-70. Århus: Arkitekturtidsskriftet B.

“Plads og monument” (A.E. Brinckmann, Platz und Monument als künstlerisches Formproblem (1912); uddrag). Translated by Malene Leerberg, Rumanalyser, red. Lise Bek & Henrik Oxvig, 218-32. Århus: Arkitekturtidsskriftet B. •

“What is it like now?” by Thomas Leerberg and others, SCI-arc, Los Angeles, USA, 1996

“Sandheden er derude. Et ophold i The Lightning Field 20.-21. juli 1995.” by Malene Leerberg in Passepartout 3. årg., nr. 6: 65-72. •

“The use of photography in the architectural process” by Thomas Leerberg, Prix de L’AEEA, Belgien, 1994

• Krediteret som Malene Bødker Jensen.

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