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Center for Extended Reality, University of Rochester

Voices of XR: Christin Washington

Talks, Lectures, & Panels
Time
Mar 4, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Location
University of Rochester + Virtual
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Created by artist and scholar Christin Washington, 9Night and Good Mourning is an immersive media installation that utilizes Extended Reality to recreate the "Nine Night" Caribbean funerary tradition within a 3D digital model of a Guyanese home. Developed through the African American Digital & Experimental Humanities (AADHum) lab and NarraSpaceXR at the University of Maryland’s College of Arts and Humanities, the project serves as a sensory entrypoint where games, stories, music, and aromatic foods converge to conjure and transition the spirit of the dead. By blending vernacular speech and architecture with spatial media, the exhibition investigates the intersections of African-syncretic spiritualities and immersive technology. Ultimately, it invites visitors to challenge traditional geographies of power and find profound meaning in spaces often marginalized or designated as unlivable.

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