On the Unity of Body and Mind in VR Painting Space: A Study of Spatial Phenomenology from the Perspective of Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Abstract
In the perceptual field where the body is taken as the figure-background, this article takes body space as foundation and incorporates virtual space into body space, in order to widen the range of perception. Drawing on Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s concept of invasion, this article describes the relationship between the body space and the virtual reality space as intertwining, mutually influencing, and collectively presenting a state of mutual invasion. The creators of VR painting produce meaning through intentional creative activities. In this sense, VR painting experiences enrich the structure of body schemas, breaking the dualistic definition of virtual space as either real or false, and dispelling the myth of body-mind distinction in virtual space.
First Page
144
Last Page
156
Recommended Citation
Su, Xin. 2021. "On the Unity of Body and Mind in VR Painting Space: A Study of Spatial Phenomenology from the Perspective of Maurice Merleau-Ponty." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 41, (5): pp.144-156. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol41/iss5/22
