Practising the aesthetics of anonymity: decomposing biases through play

Jung In Jung

doi:10.24840/978-989-9049-26-0

Practising the aesthetics of anonymity: decomposing biases through play

Jung In Jung

Division of Games Technology and Mathematics

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Abstract

In this essay, I explore how anonymity plays the main aesthetic experience in games and how I practice it in my multiplayer VR sound performance project, Sound of Light (2021). It is designed to participate with a neutralised style of avatars to give emphasis on hand movement and sound. Here, being neutralised means not only its look but also being wordless. By disabling verbal communication, the person behind the avatar is not identifiable through voice. How does anonymity make us behave and what do we feel from those anonymous play in games when there is no purpose of winning? My ‘X’ is anonymity; I examine anonymity as a wildcard which may intentionally/unintentionally deviate us from biases through anonymous play.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The book of X
Subtitle of host publication	10 years of computation, communication, aesthetics & X
Editors	Miguel Carvalhais, André Rangel, Luísa Ribas, Mario Verdicchio
Place of Publication	Porto
Publisher	i2ADS
Pages	147-157
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9789899049253
ISBN (Print)	9789899049260
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.24840/978-989-9049-26-0
Publication status	Published - 8 Jul 2022

Keywords

Anonymity
Anonymous play
Non-verbal play
Bias
Aesthetics
Virtual reality
Multiplayer
Hand tracking
Sound improvisation

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