Creative Practice as Research: Reenacting Trauma and Haptic Visuality Approach in Cinematic Virtual Reality Documentary – The Road to Yesterday
摘要
This research adopts a Practice-as-Research (PaR) approach to explore how cinematic virtual reality (CVR) documentary reshapes the representation of traumatic personal memory. The creative practice The Road to Yesterday (2025), a non-linear CVR documentary, reenacts trauma beyond photorealism through animation and tactile perception. Drawing on trauma theory and Laura Marks’ concept of haptic visuality, the project employs multisensory strategies of haptic visuality to represent traumatic memory. It further constructs an alternative therapeutic space to promote symbolic closure and personal remembrance after ritual disruptions.