The developments in the last few decades in digital arts have shown that we can experience an overwhelming place without being there physically. The gigantic data-painting Nature Dreams by the...Show moreThe developments in the last few decades in digital arts have shown that we can experience an overwhelming place without being there physically. The gigantic data-painting Nature Dreams by the artist Refik Anadol shows how digital art is used to evoke associations with being in nature and give the spectator an immersive experience. Projected on a LED screen, bright coloured pigments, waves of light, abstract shapes, and patterns, based on millions of images and algorithm technology, overwhelm the spectator with awe. This thesis explores what immersion and transcendence may entail in Nature Dreams, based on immersive features in church architecture, nature and in subliminal art of 19th and 20th century. Features such as light, darkness, colour, space, and movement indicate that these evoke emotions of enlightenment and transcendence. However, the difference between the virtual and physical also reveals the limitations of the material.Show less