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Document Details : Title: 'Vergeet je vlees' Subtitle: Lichamelijkheid en virtualiteit in de VR-poëzie van Micha Hamel en Demian Albers Author(s): VANDEN BERGHE, Ruben , BLUIJS, Siebe Journal: Spiegel der Letteren Volume: 67 Issue: 2-3 Date: 2025 Pages: 225-246 DOI: 10.2143/SDL.67.2.3294992 Abstract : Recent years saw the development of virtual reality (VR) poetry as a subset of electronic literature and VR art. This article examines the interplay between estrangement and immersion in two Dutch-language VR poems by poet Micha Hamel and developer Demian Albers. To explore how the lyrical mode intersects with the embodied and virtual affordances of VR technology, we draw on Jonathan Culler’s theory on the lyrical ‘triangulated address’. We discuss how this theory serves to analyse the self-reflexive strategies used in these VR poems, as well as the self-reflexive potential of VR poetry. Given the inherently embodied nature of VR technology, we argue that VR poetry opens up new possibilities for reconsidering the embodied dimensions of the lyric genre. |
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