
Blanket Heavy With Nightmares is an art installation created By Finnish artist Suvi Solkio in cooperation with Kajaani Art Museum and Kajaani University of Applied Sciences.
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[u]Blanket Heavy with Nightmares[/u] is a 2011 art installation created by Finnish artist Suvi Solio in cooperation with Kajaani Art Museum and Kajaani University of Applied Sciences. The gameplay is exceedingly user-friendly and the game is controlled by [i]gaze control[/i]. You select the nightmare you want to experience from the art installation itself, and then, as in most dreams, the player can only observe what is happening during the nightmares. Even though this interactive piece of contemporary art is intended to be played using a virtual reality (VR) system, I still believe there is much to gain from experiencing it without it. A holistic interpretation of these nightmares reveals they are all grounded in a layer of realism the player cannot escape. In each nightmare, the player is first and foremost, hopeless. They cannot move, they cannot talk, they are petrified all but their eyes. Out of this initial fear of hopelessness, then comes additional experiments in attempting to see what kind of emotional responses can be provoked in the player. These nightmares are also based on personal accounts of anonymous people, creating for a unique personalized experience. In [i]Beyond the Pleasure Principle[/i], Sigmund Freud reiterates that dreams can be "wish fulfillment," where the unconscious may be working out some repression through this hallucinatory process; or, as explained in [i]The Interpretation of Dreams[/i], they could be "punishment dreams", where the dreamer is explicitly or implicitly punished for fault, often indicated as excusable or unknown to the dreamer. But, as explained in [i]Beyond the Pleasure Principle[/i] as well, there is a type of dream that exists outside the mentioned: the traumatic dream. According to Freud, these dreams repeatedly come back to the dreamer in an attempt to recapture that anxiety that was absent when the original trauma occurred, an anxiety that could have prevented or preempted the trauma. There are examples of at least two of Freud's interpretation of dreams here. For instance, there is a nightmare where the protagonist is waiting next to a control center for a line cart to return to headquarters. The weather is extreme, the line cart is swinging back and forth, but the protagonist does nothing. Without context, we are just speculating, but the line ends up breaking and the cart flings off into the mountains. This may be an example of either a "punishment dream," or a "traumatic dream." We can also not ignore the general Finnish folklore of dream interpretation, which includes a suffocating entity that comes to you while you sleep and makes you experience horrible hallucinations. Given that these are all nightmares however, I would be reluctant to apply Freud's "wish fulfillment" theory of dream interpretation, and be more comfortable with "punishment" or "traumatic" dreams; or, in addition, Finnish sleep paralysis. All this being said, these nightmare vignettes are carefully crafted with color, sound, and visual, and as a result, evoke anxiety, dread, uncertainty, fear, and certainly, hopelessness.
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I know I have to judge this software for what it is: it's free and it's not a game but an experience ('an art installation', as the developer describes it). So the question is whether or not [i]Blanket Heavy With Nightmares[/i] is worth downloading and experiencing. In my opinion, it isn't. What you get here is 5 short scenes that are supposedly nightmares someone had and described. You're just a spectator in these scenes. You can look around at the scene but you can't move and you can't interact with anything. The whole thing, so all of the 5 scenes, is over in 10 minutes. One of the nightmares ends with a jumpscare (yawn), one just shows some spooky figures walking towards you (shown in the screenshots on the store page), one is a surreal scene but definitely not nightmarish, and the other two are plain boring. The only thing [i]Blanket Heavy With Nightmares[/i] may be good for is to test your VR set for free, as the graphics definitely look alright. I don't have a VR set so speaking as someone who sat through [i]Blanket Heavy With Nightmares[/i] using a regular screen, I don't see any value here. As I said, I'm not talking about monetary value here as it's free, but I mean whether or not it's worth downloading and experiencing [i]Blanket Heavy With Nightmares[/i] on a regular screen, and for me it's definitely a 'don't bother'. When in doubt, since it's free, by all means check it out and judge for yourself, of course! To each his own, after all...
Blanket Heavy With Nightmares - неплохой сборник кошмаров снящихся людям, от финских разрабов. Программка для VR, но можно запускать и без него, просто осмотр локаций будет мышкой. Игра базируется на инсталляции малоизвестной (попробуйте найти хоть сколько-то развернутые упоминания оной) финской художницы по имени Suvi Solkio. Собственно инсталляция это одеяльце на котором вышиты сюжеты разных кошмаров. В 5 из них мы сможем заглянуть. Кошмары в целом достаточно однотипны - большая часть про падение в адские бездны, оставшиеся про призраков и прочих зомбаков. Пугает это слабо, но при этом сделано достаточно красиво и атмосферно. Просмотреть все это дело можно минут за 10 максимум. Как итог: неплохой сборничек кошмаров. Можно посмотреть в перерыв, проникнуться, и пойти дальше по своим делам. Как-то так. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1126011506 [i]P.s: если этот обзор был для Вас полезен ставьте лайк, а также добавляйтесь в друзья и подписывайтесь на меня как куратора - [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/28776273/] Обзоры онлайн [/url][/i]
Blanket Heavy with Nightmares von Clever Simulation Entertainment ist ein weiteres Projekt der Finnen, insbesondere der Künstlerin Suvi Solkio das in Zusammenarbeit und Unterstützung des Kajaani Kunstmuseum und der Universität Kajaani entstanden ist. In Blanket heavy with Nightmares können wir fünf verschiedene bedrohliche Situationen erleben. Unter anderem die gruselige Horrorsituation vom Spiegelgeist, die Angst zu Versinken oder erschlagen zu werden - in diesem Fall von Wolle. Wir können so Furcht, Beklemmung und ähnliches erleben. Die Künstlerin wollte hauptsächlich erforschen welche Emotionen in Computerspielen oder auch Kunstinstallationen hervorgerufen werden können. Lässt man sich darauf ein, kann das Ergebnis schon überzeugen. Kleine Gänsehautgarantie. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1721321037 Die Entwicklung von Blanket Heavy with Nightmares ist Teil des Projekts Stories to games, das vom Finnischen Museumsverband koordiniert und vom Europäischen Sozialfonds finanziert wird. Somit ist diese Erfahrug unentgeltlich und jeder Gruselfreund oder unerschrockene Zeitgenosse kann sich hier kurz seinen Gefühlen hingeben. mehr emotionale Reviews: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32170554/
Blanket Heavy With Nightmares is a free VR experience. It worked on my HTC Vive and Index system, looked ok, played ok, sounded ok, was understandable. It has four experiences you can choose from by gazing at hotspots on a blanket in the lobby. Presents different fears in a VR format. Some have jumpscares, some have impending doom feelings. Has Finnish and English instructions and a language switch. Try it, if you like being scared.
🎨 Привіт, шукачу пригод! 🌌 "Покривало Важке Від Кошмарів" - це незвичайне мистецьке втілення, створене фінською художницею Суві Солкіо у співпраці з Кайяанським музеєм мистецтва та Кайяанським університетом прикладних наук. У цій віртуальній реальності тебе чекає захоплююче поглиблення в світ кошмарів, де кожен рух, кожен звук, кожен відчуття відтворено з неперевершеною реалістичністю. Ти потрапиш у виміряну реальність мрій та кошмарів, де атмосфера наповнена містичними сюрреалістичними образами та емоціями. Тримайся міцно, адже кожен куток цього світу приховує величезний потенціал для відкриття та відчуття нових емоцій та вражень. Дозволь собі зануритися у цю хвилюючу подорож, де кожен момент - це нове відкриття! Приготуйся відчути кожен дотик нічного кошмару, адже ти - головний герой у цій незабутній пригоді! 🌙✨
Blanket Heavy With Nightmares, Finlandiyalı sanatçı Suvi Solkio tarafından Kajaani Sanat Müzesi ve Kajaani Uygulamalı Bilimler Üniversitesi işbirliğiyle oluşturulan bir sanat enstalasyonudur.
3 pretty cool scary experiences. Definitely worth the download. Cheaper than Richie and his stupid plank experience. :-)
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