IMVIA MEMBER : Cyrille Migniot
Horizon Europe Framework Programme – MSCA
Budget : 3 717 k€
Présentation :
DECADOCS (Decadence for Doctoral Studies) is a research and training programme which aims to renegociate common assumptions about decadence that equate it with decay and decline. A more nuanced view of decadence predicated on sustainability, transnationalism, and sensoriality, envisages it as a valuable tool to enrich our understanding of contemporary artistic, media, entertainment, and sociocultural practices.
The project’s ambitions, therefore, to show how that complex transhistorical, transnational, and trans-linguistic European phenomenon still undergirds arts, media, and sociocultural practices. The examples of architecture, fashion, food and drink, tourism, visual and print cultures, entertainment, and immersive media testify to the presence and positive value of decadence.
ImViA part :
As part of the Work Package dedicated to the scientific evaluation of the sensory and emotional forms of decadent entertainment, the ImViA and CICANT (Portugal) laboratories will analyze the haptic dimension of stereoscopic views taken from decadent works. This research will lead to the design of a virtual reality prototype offering an optimized immersive experience.
Drawing on the collections of the Bryan May Archive of Stereoscopy and the Musée Nicéphore Niepce, a corpus of one hundred stereoscopic still-life views will be selected and transposed into a virtual reality environment. To enhance interaction with these works, haptic information will be replaced by a 3D sound signal, offering an unprecedented sensory experience.
CONSORTIUM :
Université Bourgogne Europe, Goldsmiths University of London, University di Venezia, Universitad Politecnica de Madrid, University of Galway, Helsingin Yliopisto, Lusófona Universitade, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, University of Glasgow et Université Reims Champagne-Ardennes.
START OF THE PROJECT : september 2025
END OF THE PROJECT : august 2030