Lena Crowe

Here you can download my virtual gallery experience 'The New Normal' which has been developed using the Unity game development engine.

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Simply click the link below and run the game by clicking the unity application 'Virtual Gallery.' Located inside the zip file.

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The project’s themes are centered around the combination of paranoia, depression and anxiety. Which has been a personal experience of mine throughout the 2020-1 worldwide pandemic, and not due to the Covid-19 virus (in the most part.) 

 

Instead this was due to a perceived misinformation campaign, one of unprecedented scale and with a focus of creating fear to hide the disintegration of basic human rights. This project suggests the idea that the british governments and news bodies are, if anything, perpetrating this narrative with their mixed message regulations, confusing guidelines and vaccine dependent rhetoric which is largely devoid of personal choice and freedom.

 

This project asks the question of where do we draw the line in the face of adversity? Who really decides what liberties are sacrificed for the greater good? What will the ‘New Normal’ look like in five years? Perhaps the world will be a very different place.

 

One thing is certain, a changing world will bring new challenges when it comes to mental health and wellbeing, something that would be gravely foolish to ignore.