@inproceedings{39bd0b1fc3d34c1f8c779cf2470dc30a,
title = "Entangled Gazes: Reconstituting the Stereoscopic Box Set with LLMs and Virtual Reality",
abstract = "This paper presents a computational framework for critically reinterpreting colonial-era stereoscopic box sets. Using James Ricalton's China through the Stereoscope (1901) as a case study, we deconstruct its linear narrative using NLP methods for thematic modeling, semantic mapping, and colonial language identification. This analysis informs two complementary artworks in a large-scale 360° VR environment. Cross Eyed offers a guided experience, using the thematic models as lenses for inquiry and visually distinguishing identified rhetoric. Latent Cartographies, in contrast, empowers users to freely navigate the archive's raw semantic space, fostering diverse modes of experiential engagement with contested heritage. For demonstration visit: https://epfl-emplus.github.io/EntangledGazes/",
keywords = "Archival Art, NLP Methods for Art, Stereoscopic Photography, Virtual Reality",
author = "Bethge, \{Paul Heinrich\} and Emmanuelle Denove and Dhruva Gowda-Storz and \{Viegas Milani\}, Adriano and Cheong, \{Tai Leong\} and Paul Bourke and Sarah Kenderdine and Jeffrey Shaw",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2025 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).; 2025 SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Art Papers, SA 2025 ; Conference date: 15-12-2025 Through 18-12-2025",
year = "2025",
month = dec,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1145/3757369.3767616",
language = "English",
isbn = "9798400721298",
series = "Proceedings - SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Art Papers, SA 2025",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)",
pages = "1--5",
editor = "Spencer, \{Stephen N.\} and Taku Komura and Ong, \{Kian Peng\}",
booktitle = "SA Art Papers '25: Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Art Papers",
address = "United States",
}
