Artist Statement
The Reality of Virtual Reality
Safe Harbour is a work by Rodney Hoinkes and Stacey Spiegel about the Rotterdam harbour, it was shown at DEAF96 that was organised by V2 in association with ISEA96. A special preview of ‘Safe Haven’ was organised for ISEA96 delegates in the MarineSafety Rotterdam Harbour Simulator. The Simulator features an hydraulically movable life size seaworthy cargo vessel wheelhouse in a 360° projection cilinder, connected to a number of smaller simulators, normally simulating the connected tugboats. v2.nl/archive/works/safe-harbour.
- Stacey Spiegel (1955) is a Canadian artist and new media designer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacey_Spiegel