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The calabozo: virtual reconstruction of a prison cell based on personal accounts

The objective of my research is to create a visualization of a place based on personal
experiences. My research addresses this issue through a case study: the visualization of a
women’s political prison located in Punta de Rieles, Uruguay, during the Uruguayan dictatorship
(1973-85). In June of 2002, I went to Uruguay and interviewed nine female former political
prisoners. I asked them to tell me stories about what happened to them during their time in
prison. My research aims at relating their experience of prison through a visualization of their
stories. The challenge addressed by my research is the creation of a virtual reconstruction that
can communicate the experience of prison through the integration of narrative, light modeling
and sound. The proposed visualization is a video installation based on these women’s personal
experiences of the solitary confinement cell (calabozo).

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/3736
Date16 August 2006
CreatorsAroztegui Massera, Carmen
ContributorsLaFayette, Carol, Shepley, Mardelle
PublisherTexas A&M University
Source SetsTexas A and M University
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeBook, Thesis, Electronic Dissertation, text
Format49075354 bytes, 49075354 bytes, 3297366 bytes, 9190526 bytes, electronic, video/quicktime, video/quicktime, application/octet-stream, application/pdf, born digital

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