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Dream(e)scapes– Anita Luo & Beatrice Zhang
Dream(e)scape is an immersive project that explores the duality of dreams and reality through liminal spaces and dream core aesthetics, creating an experience that oscillates between the familiar and the surreal. Beginning in a corridor, players traverse a sequence of symbolic scenes, including a nostalgic childhood nursery, a room unsettlingly filled with smiley balls that evoke the uncanny valley effect, and sterile, echoing bathrooms that heighten feelings of isolation. The journey culminates in a bedroom, offering a fleeting sense of grounding before transporting players into a simulated Windows XP system homepage. Interacting with the arrow icon, players find themselves trapped in a loop of dreamlike spaces, symbolizing the inescapable interplay between memory, perception, and subconscious landscapes. Through eerie transitions, sensory-rich narrations, and audio wayfinding, Dream(e)scape invites players to confront the unsettling beauty of the liminal, where time and meaning dissolve into dream logic.
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