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Marshmallow Laser Feast's VR Forest Experience from Animal Perspectives

digital · 2026-05-05

Marshmallow Laser Feast, a collective, created 'In the Eyes of the Animal', a virtual reality installation set in Grizedale Forest, UK. The VR headset, designed as a moss-covered dark globe, transforms the forest into an animal's visual world. Humans perceive only three color wavelengths (red, blue, green), while dragonflies process twelve, resulting in an ultra-multicolor vision. The project offers a journey through an alternative dimension where trees, ground, sky, and forest inhabitants appear radically different.

Key facts

  • The project is called 'In the Eyes of the Animal'.
  • It is a virtual reality installation by the collective Marshmallow Laser Feast.
  • The installation is set in Grizedale Forest, Great Britain.
  • The VR headset is a dark globe covered in moss.
  • Humans perceive three color wavelengths (red, blue, green).
  • Dragonflies process twelve color wavelengths.
  • The experience shows the forest from an animal's perspective.
  • The work was featured on Artribune in November 2016.

Entities

Artists

  • Marshmallow Laser Feast
  • Valentina Tanni

Institutions

  • Artribune
  • Politecnico di Milano
  • NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti

Locations

  • Grizedale Forest
  • Great Britain

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