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Abstract

One of W. J. T. Mitchell’s counter-theses on visual culture reveals certain non-visual phenomena that the field demands attention to. An investigation on these non-visual phenomena and why they are given attention by visual culture points out the following: the encompassing perimeters of the visual culture in contrast to those of art history and aesthetics; A sensorial shift that could overturn the hegemony of sight; and the possible emergence of a new field of sensorial cultural studies. This paper analyzes the aforementioned sensorial shift in the light of new technological advancements in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.

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Fig.1: Rain Room, the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, Manhattan”? observer and the world around him/her. inculcating audience to participate in the work, Rain Room also removes the barrier between the

Fig.1: Rain Room, the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, Manhattan”? observer and the world around him/her. inculcating audience to participate in the work, Rain Room also removes the barrier between the

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