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| Song of Fuaa a production by multipolyomni early 1990s. From an album by DJ Olive |
Immersionism is a cultural movement that took shape in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the early 1990s. It bears some affinity to the ideas of Buckminster Fuller, to Relational Aesthetics, paganism, and multi-media art. Here are a few articles and albums that I and some others have assembled on Immersionism:
Articles
Immersionism: Manifesto and Introduction with further links, February 13, 2011
Bernard Carey of Yale Radio talks with Immersionist pioneer Ebon Fisher, July 2016
The Omnisensorialists 1991-1999, by V Owen Bush, January 19, 2012
Immersionism and Relational Aesthetics, March 19, 2012
Go with the Flow (pdf download), Domus, February 1998. Suzan Wines coins the term "immersive environments" in this article.
The Cat's Head, Constructing Utopia in Brooklyn and Dublin (pdf download), TDR, Fall 1993. Melanie Hahn investigates early appearances of immersive culture.
The Inflatable Man – Dennis Del Zotto and the Williamsburg Scene, June 7, 2006
Discourse sur la Moutarde: the evolution of warehouse events in Williamsburg (pdf download 622 KB), Breukelen Magazine, Winter 1993
Williamsburg's Arcadian Past, NY Observer, Zachary Woolfe on Billy Basinsky, November 2011
David Brody's 4-part series, From Biofreak to Organism, 2001 (pdf download)
Facebook albums of key immersive laboratories
Immersionism: Warehouse Events in Williamsburg, 1989-98
The Lizard's Tail
Lalalandia
Nerve Circle
Mustard
The Federation of Ongolia
The Inflatable Man, immersive pioneer Dennis Del Zotto
Multipolyomni
The Sayanayas
Google spreadsheet on immersive events and players
