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The realization of identity is a steady and slow process, the relationship between constraint and liberation is relative. Inspired by ballroom, the underground queer subculture, as well as the reinterpretation of the sequence and construction of vogue’s five elements, Ovah is an extended reality system in the form of a costumed physical exoskeleton and a virtual experience which explores the correlation between liberation and constraint.

Ovah, which comes from ballroom terminology, is a variation of "over" or "over the top, " usually used to describe excellence in a ball. It also represents the ability to pass as a certain gender or sexuality in everyday society.

Ovah is a system but also a dramatic play; a play in which participants are both audiences and performers; a play in which the participants can unconsciously and simultaneously feel the transition and correlation between physical constraints and virtual liberation; a play in which virtual reality no longer serves in the way to encourage/require the participation of physical body movements; a play in which discusses the potential ways of developing empathy even new kinship via VR technologies to transcend our understanding of identity and queerness.

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This project is inspired by ballroom culture and voguing,

For modern ballroom in general, it is a venue that begin with and soon became popular among black and Latinx queer people originally. Till nowadays, it has been evolving into a place that welcomes everyone.

Start from five elements

Let’s see their silhouettes

Organise

Costumes are an important part of the ballroom culture. The physical device used for restraint is set up as a 'costume' rather than a ‘furniture’. The participants wear the installation as if they were wearing a costume to join a ballroom.

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The entire physical installation consists of three parts:

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The back section, the arm section, and the leg section.

Flex sensors can measure the amount of deflection or bending. Usually, the sensor is stuck to the surface, and resistance of sensor element is varied by bending the surface.

Hands are one of the most important elements in ballroom culture which is used throughout the dance movement.

The use of hands in here has been reinterpreted as a medium of physical constraints and virtual liberation.