The Jefferson Center of Immersive Arts for Health
2022 Immersive Arts for Health Global Student Design Competition
The Immersive Arts for Health Student Design Competition, sponsored by JCIAH, was a global competition challenged students to harness their skills and creativity, leveraging evidence-based research to innovate immersive light installations aimed at enhancing patient well-being. This international competition was open to undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled in any higher education institution, college, or university during the Spring 2022 semester.
Based on peer-reviewed research on the psychological or physiological effects of art, immersive experience, and/or light on health, students were asked to design a dynamic or interactive lighting that could be used to promote an engaging environment in a healthcare setting, with the intention of immersing the viewer in a self-reflective or calming experience.
The winning entries were produced by and exhibited as immersive experiences at the HOTBED Gallery exhibition, Waiting Room, in Philadelphia, PA, in the Fall of 2022. Honorable mention entries were also displayed digitally.
2022 Student Winners
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Honorable Mentions
LIGHT OF LIFE by Sapir Yosefian, Amar Avior, Shelly Machet, and Orel Gibor
Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
DIALOG WITH NATURE by Henrietta Leyman
ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia
LUMINHALE by Kevin Smolkis, and Christopher Connor
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA USA
RIPPLE EFFECT by Maria Jose Gutierrez, Anushka Jain, and Madina Masimova
Parsons School of Design, NYC, NY USA
POWER OF WATER by Ryan Sun, Xintong Wang, and Lu Jia
Parsons School of Design, NYC, NY USA
FLORAL BLOOMING by Maude Guevara, Timothy McBride, and Ria Patel
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA USA
MEMORY LENS by Andrew Martin, Daniel Blanco, Kara Nedvar, Amber Reich, and Amatullah Kose
Rensselaer Polytech University, Troy, NY USA
HELIXIFY by Alyssa Liegel, Jenny Chen, Ya Stockford, and Celia Christenson
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA USA
LUME by Ya Stockford
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA USA
STARRY CANVAS by Oana Predescu
Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark