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Yet the importance of safe and comfortable self-disclosure remains a fundamental human need: forming not only the basis of our interpersonal relationships, self-disclosure is essential to developing our own understanding of self. As a digital humanist, game designer, and composer interested in the artistic expressions afforded by VR and self-disclosure alike, how can I safely explore self-disclosure in VR? In other words; how can we respectfully and artistically reappropriate the act of technologically-mediated self-disclosure? Created in response to these questions, never left is work of research-creation comprising of an audio-first 10-15 minute VR experience, aiming to re-sanctify technologically-mediated acts of self-disclosure via mutual reciprocity, consensual design, and navigable music. This thesis document serves as the work’s artist statement and details my motivations, inspirations, and processes for creating never left.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eExcept where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Library with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2026-06 (captured)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Bevan, Catherine I (Creator)","Rockwell, Geoffrey (Consultant to a project)","Smallwood, Scott (Consultant to a project)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Identifier"]},"value":{"en":["https://doi.org/10.7939/84507 (doi (Digital Objects Identifier))"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eOver the past couple of decades, the advertisement industry's rampant monetization of personal information and coercive methods of data collection for the sake of profit have become a dangerous norm. These dangers are further exacerbated when Virtual Reality is involved, thanks to the sheer number of sensors made increasingly necessary by the demands of the technology and the market control which Meta \u0026ndash; one of the worst culprits of surveillance advertising \u0026ndash; holds over the medium. Yet the importance of safe and comfortable self-disclosure remains a fundamental human need: forming not only the basis of our interpersonal relationships, self-disclosure is essential to developing our own understanding of self. As a digital humanist, game designer, and composer interested in the artistic expressions afforded by VR and self-disclosure alike, how can I safely explore self-disclosure in VR? In other words; how can we respectfully and artistically reappropriate the act of technologically-mediated self-disclosure? Created in response to these questions, never left is work of research-creation comprising of an audio-first 10-15 minute VR experience, aiming to re-sanctify technologically-mediated acts of self-disclosure via mutual reciprocity, consensual design, and navigable music. This thesis document serves as the work\u0026rsquo;s artist statement and details my motivations, inspirations, and processes for creating never left.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eExcept where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Library with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. 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