Lost in Metaverse
λ‘μ€νΈ μΈ λ©νλ²μ€λμ§νΈμ ν©λ¬΄μ§λ‘β¦ ποΈπͺποΈβ°οΈ
γλ‘μ€νΈ μΈ λ©νλ²μ€(Lost in Metaverse)γλ λ©νλ²μ€λ‘μ μ¬μ μ λ λ©λλ€.
μ μ γμ² κ°μ μΌκ΅΄, λμλ νκ²½(A Thousand Faces, Infinite Landscape)γ(2022)μ 3D μ λλ©μ΄μ μ βλ€μ μ²μμΌλ‘ λμκ° μ€βλΌκ³ λΆννλ λμ§νΈ ν΄λ¨Ό J μλ°νμ μ μ§λ νμ΄μ€λ‘ λλ©λλ€. λ€μ, κ°μ μΈκ³μ κ²μ λ λ²¨μ΄ λ‘λ©λ©λλ€. μ΄ λμ§νΈ νκ²½μ μ΄μμ΄ μλλΌ μ¬μ ν μ¬λ§, μΈλ΄κ³³, μ무λ μλ βμ΄λ¦ μλ κ³³ middle of nowhereβμ λλ€.
λ©νλ²μ€ μΈμμ λμ§νΈ ν©λ¬΄μ§λ₯Ό νννλ μλ°ν. μΈλ¦¬μΌ μμ§ λ©νν΄λ¨Ό ν¬λ¦¬μμ΄ν°λ‘ μ μλ λμ§νΈ ν΄λ¨Ό μΊλ¦ν° Jμ Yλ μ΄λ μ΄ λ΄λ €μμ νμ ν κ΅λλ₯Ό μΈκ³΅μ§λ₯ μμ€ν μ΄ μ₯μ°©λ μμ μμ¨μ£Όν μλμ°¨λ₯Ό νκ³ λ¬λ¦½λλ€. μ΄λ€μ΄ λ¬λ¦¬λ κΈΈ, λμ§νΈ μΈμμ νκ²½μ μ΄λ€ λ μ¨μΌκΉμ?
λͺ¨λ κ² κ°λ₯νμ§λ§, λμμ λΆκ°λ₯μ μ₯μμΈ κ°μ μΈκ³μ λ μ¨λ ν립λλ€.
λ§μ½ λμ§νΈ μ¬λ§μ λΉκ° μ¨λ€λ©΄? κΈ°νμ¬λ μ΄ν νΌμ³μ§ νκ²½μ²λΌ μ°λ¦¬μ μλ°νλ μ΄ λ―μ€κ³ μλ§ν νκ²½μ λλλλ€. λ²λ €μ§ λ , 무λμ§ κ±΄μΆ, λΆλμ° ν¬κΈ°μ λν μ΄μ°μ λλμ μμ°λ€μ΄ 무μ©μ§λ¬Όμ΄ λκ³ , μλλ² μ νλ €ν μ΄λ²€νΈκ° λλ ν, μ΄μ μ무λ μ°Ύμ§ μλ κ³³μ΄ λμ΄ λ²λ Έμ΅λλ€. νλ μ€λ κ³Ό ν¨κ» μΌμ’ μ λλ €μμ κ°μ§κ³ λ―μ κ°μ μΈκ³μ μ μ₯νλ μλ§μ μ¬λλ€μ μ§ν λμ μμμ¦ μ¬λ³Έμ λ€κ³ κ°λ μ°Ύμμ€κ³€ νμ§λ§, κ·Έμ λ§μλ λ°κ±ΈμμΌ λΏ. μλ¬΄λ° κ°μΉκ° μ‘΄μ¬νμ§ μλ κ³³μ κΈλ°© μ무κ²λ μλ κ³³, κΈ°μ΅μμ μ½κ² μ¬λΌμ Έ λ²λ¦½λλ€.
λ‘μ€νΈ μΈ λ©νλ²μ€λ λ³ν무μν λ μ¨μ κ°μ λ©νλ²μ€ μΈμμμ μ€μκ° λ³ννλ μ°½μ νκ²½μ λν μ§λ¬Έμ λ°νμΌλ‘ μμ νλμ λ€μμ±κ³Ό μμ λ‘μ΄ ννμ μΆκ΅¬ν©λλ€. μ¨λΌμΈμ κ΄κ°κ³Ό ν¨κ» μ°λ¦¬λ λ―Έμ§μ λ , λ©νλ²μ€λ‘ λ€μ λ λ©λλ€.
Embarking on a journey into the digital wastelandβ¦ π«π΅π¦πΈ
The 3D animation of the previous work, A Thousand Faces, Infinite Landscape (2022), concludes with the frozen face of a digital human J avatar, requesting, βGo back to the beginning.β Once again, the game level of the virtual world is loaded. This digital landscape is not a meadow but still a desert, a desolate place, βmiddle of nowhere.β
Avatars explore the digital wasteland of the metaverse. Digital human characters J and Y, created with Unreal Engine MetaHuman Creator, ride in an autonomous vehicle equipped with AI systems along a quiet highway where darkness descends. What will the weather be like on their journey through the digital world?
Anything is possible, yet the weather in the virtual world, a place of both possibility and impossibility, remains cloudy.
What if it rains in the digital desert? Like a landscape unfolding after a climate disaster, our avatars are amazed by this unfamiliar and barren landscape. Abandoned lands, crumbling structures, the aftermath of real estate speculation, and the ruins of land and property become obsolete. After the bustling and glamorous events have ended, this place is now deserted, no longer sought after by anyone. Once, many people entered the strange virtual world with excitement and a kind of fear, occasionally returning with a receipt copy instead of genuine goods. But now, itβs just a fleeting step. A place without any value quickly becomes a place with nothing, disappearing easily from memory.
Lost in Metaverse explores the real-time changing creative environment of the metaverse world, akin to the unpredictable weather, questioning the diversity of artistic activities and seeking freedom of expression. Alongside online audiences, we venture into the unknown land, the metaverse, once again.
λ€μ, λͺ¨λ μ€ν 리λ ννλ‘λΆν° μμλλ€.
κ°μ μΈκ³μ λ°κΈΈμ΄ λκΈ΄ κ³³, λ²λ €μ§κ³ λ°©μΉλ κ³³, λμμμ΄ μμ± λλ λμ§νΈ νν(ruin)λ λ λ€λ₯Έ λμ§νΈ μ μ (ruins)μ λ§λλλ€. λ°©μ€λ¦¬λ βWhere is my territory?(λμ μν λ μ΄λμΈκ°?)βλΌλ μ€μ₯κΈ° νλ‘μ νΈμ μ£Όμ λ₯Ό ν΅ν΄ μκΈ° μ§μμ μμ±μ ν΅ν΄ λ°λ³΅λλ μ§λ¬Έμ μ κΈ°νλ©°, λͺ¨μ, μμΈ, 격리, κΈ°μ 격차 λ± λ¬Όλ¦¬μ μΈκ³μ λ©νλ²μ€ μΈμμμ λ°μνλ μ°¨μ΄μ μ°¨λ³μ λ¬Έμ μ λν μκ°μ κ΄μ μ νμ μνμΌλ‘ λμ± νμ₯ν©λλ€.
ννκ° μλ¦λ€μΈ μ μμκΉμ?
μνμ λ°°κ²½μ΄ λλ μΈκ³λ κ²μ μλ, μ¦ νꡬμ μ€μ μ λ°νμΌλ‘ κ°μκ³Ό μ€μ¬, ν½μ
κ³Ό λ
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μ¬μ΄ μ΄λ€ μ€ν λ¦¬κ° νΌμ³μ§λ μ₯μμ
λλ€. μ΄μ μ¬λ§ λ 벨μ λ²μ΄λ μ¬νκΈΈμ μ€λ₯Έ Jμ Yλ λλ‘λ₯Ό λ¬λ¦½λλ€. λ€μν μΈκ³λ₯Ό λ°©λ¬Ένκ³ κ³΅κ°κ³Ό μν©μ λ°λΌ μλ°νμ μΈνκ³Ό λμμΈ, μ€ν, μ©λ, μ±κ²©, νλ μ΄κ° λ¬λΌμ§λ λμ§νΈμ μν μμ λ λ€λ₯Έ κ³νμ μΈμ°κ³ κΏμ κΎΈκΈ° μμν©λλ€. Can ruins be beautiful?
λͺ¨λλ₯Ό μν μμ μ ν₯ν΄
κ΄κ° μ κ·Όμ±μ μν΄ 3D μ λλ©μ΄μ
μ μλ§ μΊ‘μ
(CC)κ³Ό ν¨κ» μκ°μ₯μ μΈμ μν μμ±ν΄μ€μ μ 곡ν©λλ€.
Once more, every story begins from ruins.
Places where the footprints of the virtual world have been cut off, abandoned and neglected, continually creating digital ruins, also create another set of digital ruins. Through the theme of the long-term project Where is my territory? (2019 β ), Bang & Lee raise repetitive questions through their self-directed properties, expanding their artistic perspective on issues of contradiction, alienation, isolation, and technological disparity between the physical world and the metaverse world in subsequent works.
Can ruins be beautiful?
The world that serves as the backdrop for the artwork is a game world, a place where fictional settings form the basis for unfolding stories between virtual and reality, fiction and non-fiction. Now, J and Y, who have embarked on a journey beyond the desert level, drive along the road. Visiting various worlds and planning anew, avatars begin to dream in the digital territory where appearance, design, specs, purpose, personality, and play change according to space and situation. Can ruins be beautiful?
Towards art for everyone
To enhance accessibility for the audience, subtitles with captions (CC) are provided in the 3D animation, along with audio descriptions for the visually impaired.
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