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ZHdK Immersive Arts Space
Instructions for Use
June 12 – June 14, 2026
Instructions for Use
Copyright Immersive Arts Space 2026, Photo: IAS
Copyright Immersive Arts Space 2026, Photo: IAS
Fri, June 12, 17:00 – 21:30
Sat, June 13, 13:00 – 18:00
Sun, June 14, 11:00 – 16:00
Instructions for Use is a performative XR-based installation involving visitors interacting in mixed reality headsets. The work is inspired by Fluxus performances as well as artist Bruce Nauman’s repetitive and ritualistic endurance videos from the 1960s where language is used to instruct physical action. AI agents analyze what cameras embedded in the headsets see and generate voiced-over instructions that provoke surprising actions/interactions between the visitors. Thus, a strange performance emerges in the mode of instructions executed by humans but imagined by machine.
The performance runs in 30 minute slots each for maximum 6 visitors.
Access: Free
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Josefstrasse 206
Zürich
Zürich
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Instructions for Use is a participatory XR performance-installation in which visitors engage with one another while wearing mixed reality headsets. Inspired by Fluxus performances and Bruce Nauman’s ritualistic endurance works of the 1960s, the piece uses AI-generated voice instructions to guide participants through a series of unexpected actions and interactions. Drawing on live camera feeds embedded in the headsets, AI agents continuously interpret the environment and generate prompts in real time, creating a collective performance shaped jointly by human participants and machine imagination.
The performance takes place in 20-minute sessions.
The performance takes place in 20-minute sessions.
Fri, June 12, 17:00 – 21:30 | EN
Instructions for Use is a participatory XR performance-installation in which visitors engage with one another while wearing mixed reality headsets. Inspired by Fluxus performances and Bruce Nauman’s ritualistic endurance works of the 1960s, the piece uses AI-generated voice instructions to guide participants through a series of unexpected actions and interactions. Drawing on live camera feeds embedded in the headsets, AI agents continuously interpret the environment and generate prompts in real time, creating a collective performance shaped jointly by human participants and machine imagination.
The performance takes place in 20-minute sessions.
The performance takes place in 20-minute sessions.
Sat, June 13, 13:00 – 18:00 | EN
Instructions for Use is a participatory XR performance-installation in which visitors engage with one another while wearing mixed reality headsets. Inspired by Fluxus performances and Bruce Nauman’s ritualistic endurance works of the 1960s, the piece uses AI-generated voice instructions to guide participants through a series of unexpected actions and interactions. Drawing on live camera feeds embedded in the headsets, AI agents continuously interpret the environment and generate prompts in real time, creating a collective performance shaped jointly by human participants and machine imagination.
The performance takes place in 20-minute sessions.
The performance takes place in 20-minute sessions.
Sun, June 14, 11:00 – 16:00 | EN