Blanket Heavy With Nightmares

Blanket Heavy With Nightmares is an art installation created By Finnish artist Suvi Solkio in cooperation with Kajaani Art Museum and Kajaani University of Applied Sciences. The development team created an emotional experience immersing the players into the nightmares depicted in the blanket using virtual reality technology. Game contains introduction of the actual art installation created with photogrammetry and five different nightmare sequences for the players to experience. The main aim of the project was to develop new innovative methods for presenting contemporary art, and also to see what kind of emotional responses you can provoke in the players. The development of Blanket Heavy with Nightmares is part of Stories to games project which is coordinated by the Finnish Museum Association and funded by European Social Fund.