ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses notions of site and place in site-specific dances that incorporate physical and digital environments. It considers how the site might be defined in such works and explores the implications for site-specific practice. The chapter examines the body in virtual reality, where it is subsumed into a three-dimensional virtual environment or substituted by an avatar in an on-screen virtual world. The chapter considers Gibson/Martelli's installation VISITOR (2011) as the vehicle for discussing the body and location in any form of reality. VISITOR is a gallery-based piece inspired by the artists' travels in the Canadian Rockies. The installation consists of two separate parts, such as a film and an interactive environment, exhibited simultaneously but housed in separate spaces in the gallery. The film is monochromatic, depicting glaciers, forests and frozen lakes, and subtitled where the bears are sleeping. The chapter deals with the interactive environment under the subtitle of Vermilion Lake.
