Graduate Studies
Digital Futures (MA, MDes and MFA)
Kylie Caraway
Mother of the Forest
Other
2019
Mother of the Forest is a virtual reality, immersive experience that explores a sequoia tree’s ecosystem through embodied perspectives of various species. Through the use of 360 video, digital environment design, and interactivity, Mother of the Forest pairs scientific information gathered from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks experts with artistic creation to exhibit the hidden truth, beauty, and precarity at play in this ecology. In doing so, Mother of the Forest illustrates the significance of symbiotic relationships in order to have users contemplate their own role in intertwined ecologies impacted by human activity, resulting in biodiversity decline and climate change.
Work by
Kylie Caraway
Interactive Media, Animation, Environmental Communication
“Mother of the Forest is a virtual reality, immersive experience that explores a sequoia tree’s ecosystem through embodied perspectives of various species. It illustrates the complex webs of a sequoia...” [More]