@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1116, 

TITLE={Marine animal forests, a fertile encounter}, 
  
AUTHOR={Elise Rigot
, Lorenzo Bramanti, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Art and Science}, 
	
VOLUME={8}, 

NUMBER={Special issue</br>}, 
	
YEAR={2024}, 

URL={https://openscience.fr/Marine-animal-forests-a-fertile-encounter}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1116}, 
	
ISSN={2515-8767}, 
	
ABSTRACT={This paper explores the notion of the &#8217;animal forest&#8217; as a fruitful concept for collaboration between the arts and sciences. It presents and analyses a virtual reality experience we have designed, &#8217;A Journey into Animal Forests&#8217;. The experience offers immersion into different underwater animal forests, using a 3D device to enable viewers to perceive marine habitats on a non-anthropocentric scale. This approach, which combines art and science, aims to raise public awareness of the concept of animal forests and their importance for marine conservation. Collaboration between art and science opens up opportunities for interdisciplinary exploration and contributes to a better understanding of the relationship between humans and the marine world.}}