Outputs

Our project brings together artistic practice and critical research. We create both performance and installation-based works, alongside peer-reviewed academic publications and features in popular media.
Our publications

Elovainio, R., Tassinari, M., Vezzali, L., Cocco, V.M., Jasinkaja-Lahti, I. Exploring the Role of Collective Psychological Ownership in Cooperative Virtual Intergroup Contact (submitted)
Work in Progress: "Self-Renewal Rebirth Celebration"

The art performance, named "self-renewal rebirth celebration", is a multi -layered experience. The focus is to create a performance where the physical is both enticing and thought provoking.

Currently, we are in the process of creating wearable sculptures—costume pieces that will be worn during the performance and later become part of the installation itself. 

The performance also extends into a virtual realm. The world that opens up through VR is a world that is in dialogue with the physical but looks entirely different. There is a tension and a curious connection between the two worlds. 

The performance is set to premiere in June 2025.
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Related publications

Tassinari, M., Aulbach, M. B., Harjunen, V. J., Cocco, V. M., Vezzali, L., & Jasinskaja-Lahti, I. (2024). The effects of positive and negative intergroup contact in virtual reality on outgroup attitudes: Testing the contact hypothesis and its mediators. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 0(0).

Tassinari, M., Aulbach, M. B., & Jasinskaja-Lahti, I. (2022). The use of virtual reality in studying prejudice and its reduction: A systematic review. PloS one, 17(7), e0270748.

Tassinari, M., Aulbach, M. B., & Jasinskaja-Lahti, I. (2022). Investigating the Influence of Intergroup Contact in Virtual Reality on Empathy: An Exploratory Study Using AltspaceVR. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 815497.
Media outlets

Tassinari, M. (2024, February 19). Common Cyber Identity: Bridging Divides in Virtual Reality . Psychology Today.

Tassinari, M. (2024, December 16). Breaking Bias With Virtual Reality: A Game-Changing Experiment. Psychology Today.

Tassinari, M. (2024, November 28). Reimagining Prejudice Reduction With Virtual Reality . Psychology Today.

Tassinari, M. (2024, November 8). Virtual Reality Shows Potential to Reduce Prejudice Across Groups. Pychreg.

Tassinari, M. (2022, October 8). Can virtual reality (VR) help fight prejudice? The Science Basement.

Aulbach, M.B., & Tassinari, M. (2022, March 9). Virtual Reality: Can the “Empathy Machine” end prejudice? Liikkeessä Yli Rajojen.