Virtual Gallery
An immersive digital forest where visitors journey from sterile laboratory spaces through gradual transformation into wild fermentation environments.
Symbioma / Fermentara
The Virtual Gallery exists as both digital artwork and metaphor for ecological transformation. Accessible through VR headsets or web browsers, visitors navigate four interconnected spaces that mirror the journey from sterile scientific control toward wild, collaborative fermentation.
This is not a static exhibition but a living digital ecosystem that evolves with each visitor's presence, creating new artworks and experiences through collective interaction.
Journey Through Transformation
The Sterile Room
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The Sterile Room
A clinical laboratory environment where control and sterility reign supreme. Here, visitors confront the illusion of separation from natural processes.
Experience:
Navigate through white corridors and sealed chambers, encountering digital specimens and controlled experiments.
Themes:
The Threshold
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The Threshold
A liminal space where sterile environments begin to break down, allowing the first signs of bacterial life and organic processes to emerge.
Experience:
Watch as pristine surfaces develop biofilms, as sealed containers begin to leak, as order gives way to organic chaos.
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The Forest
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The Forest
A rich ecosystem where fermentation, decay, and regeneration cycle endlessly. This is the heart of the virtual gallery—a digital forest that breathes and transforms.
Experience:
Walk among towering trees whose roots are mycelial networks, discover hidden fermentation labs, interact with decomposing logs that sprout new growth.
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The Transformation
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The Transformation
The final space where visitors become part of the fermentation process itself, their digital presence contributing to the ongoing evolution of the gallery ecosystem.
Experience:
Your avatar transforms, leaving traces that feed the virtual forest, contributing to a collective artwork that evolves with each visitor.
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Access Options
VR Experience (Recommended)
Full immersion with Oculus Quest, HTC Vive, or compatible VR headset. Includes haptic feedback and spatial audio.
Web Browser
Desktop or mobile access through modern web browsers. Navigate with mouse/touch controls.
AR Mode (Beta)
Overlay gallery elements onto physical spaces using AR-capable devices.
Digital Artworks
• Generative biofilm animations
• Interactive mycelial networks
• Crowd-sourced fermentation simulations
• Collaborative ecosystem building tools
• Ephemeral artworks that decay and regenerate
• Visitor-contributed audio and visual elements
Open Source Development
The gallery's codebase is open source, allowing others to create their own fermentation-based virtual spaces and contribute new features.
Visit the Virtual Gallery
The gallery is currently in beta. Sign up to receive access credentials and updates on new features and artworks.
System requirements and technical documentation available in our Open Source section.