Seeing is Believing is an experimental art and science collaborative project that conveys the illusion of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Through a one-on-one interaction between the artist and a participant, the interactive performance installation conveys a metaphorical experience of chronic pain by manipulating each participant’s multisensory experience using the latest technologies including Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and custom designed gloves.

Seeing is Believing is an exercise to demonstrate, contrary to the common belief that pain reflects only the amount of tissue damage, that the brain can still produce perceptions of pain even in the absence of physical injury. It is also an artistic way of externalising an inherently internal experience, so that the audience can experience something of what it is like to have CRPS.

The work is a collaborative effort with scientists supported by Synapse Residency 2015 (Australian Network for Art and Technology), and by drawing on each participant’s personal subjective responses to the work, it aims to highlight the complexities of chronic pain.

The artwork was originally a part of a curated exhibition, The Patient, (Curator, Bec Dean) at the UNSW Gallery 2016 and is scheduled to tour regional galleries in NSW and Victoria in 2017-18.

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