VirtualReality｜
IMMERSIVE X

"The exhibitionis both a tribute to Mr Qian's introduction of the theory of VirtualReality technology in the last century, and a response to the current digital existence and meta-universe aspirations."

It was not until the end of the 1970s, with the maturity of the CRT technology, that the “virtual reality” technology began to enter the material life of human beings, presenting new narratives. In 1990, Qian Xuesen translated the term “virtual reality” with the local term “spiritual realm”.

However, due to the technical bottlenecks and limitations associated with it, “virtual reality” has gradually been forgotten in the course of historical development. The reintroduction of the term “virtual reality” cannot be separated from the recent exploration of the “metaverse”, where the post-human situation, digitalised physical bodies and immersive physical sensations are shaping our imagination of the future world.

In the exhibition, SMG LIVE and Raiden Institute co-created this special “sensory laboratory” – the technological art exhibition “Spiritual Realm”, which was officially opened to the public on 18th November 2022 at the Dresden-Newseum. The exhibition is collectively presented by four immersive artworks by four artists/groups and the Raiden Institute’s 2022 meta-universe digital curatorial series project “Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy”.
Entitled “Spiritual Realm”, the exhibition is both a tribute to Mr Qian’s introduction of the theory of VIRTUAL REALITY technology in the last century, as well as a response to the contemporary digital existence and meta-universe aspirations.

Artworks

Wind Chime
Pan Long

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Through the method of plant metallurgy, this work refined the copper in the plant, and made the invisible metal into a wind chime. The wind chime and the plants in the field are blown together. During the circulation of seasons, the sound of the wind chimes will coexist with this alienated land.

Pan Long

She graduated from the Intermedia Department of China Academy of Art in 2019 (Master). She lives and works in Yichun, China. Long Pan pays attention to the creatures in nature. She often uses plants, fungi and other organisms as materials to make works. She is not limited to the use of substances or images, but more research on the living characteristics of organisms. Based on these special perspectives, she found the key point to intervene in social issues, which became the cornerstone of her understanding of reality and art work.
Confrontation of All Phases
Sicheng Wang、Hengshi Kang

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Confrontation of Ten Thousand Phases takes the ancient language and vision of styling and analyses it with AI face algorithms, engaging the audience in a dialogue that spans time and space.

Sicheng Wang

He is an artist living and working in Wuhan, New York City and Shanghai, whose works range from painting, installation, performance to video and new media like 3D animation. In Sicheng’s practice, he expresses his experience and understanding of the mysterious life flow through a poetic expression of different media.

Hengshi Kang

A game and new media artist. Works on computational graphics, interactive installations, virtual/augmented reality and artificial intelligence, endeavouring to be a bridge between digital technology and art. Undergraduate degree in Digital Media Design from Tongji University, MFA from Royal College of Art, UK.
PSEUDO-FIELD.CRYPTO
Haichao ZHANG

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This artwork is a digital interactive theater composed of algorithm images, depth perception equipment ,and a mechanical matrix. Algorithmic images cover and flow in the space, and the space is transposed into the internal domain of the digital image.

Haichao ZHANG

He graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute with a Bachelor degree in 2010. In 2016, he graduated from France Besancon Superieure Des Fine Arts with a Master degree. He is now teaching in the experimental Art College of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and is in charge of science and technology art direction.
Siro: A Mirror of Mind
Handuo Zhang

Siro: A Mirror of Mind is an interactive installation based on BCI (Brain-computer Interface) technology. The experience echoes the ripples of change beneath your feet. While rendering the participant’s EEG data into organic visual and audio in real-time, it mirrors the abstract human “mind” in an abstract way.

Handuo Zhang

He is a multimedia artist, film director, and master of digital narrative at the International Film Academy in Cologne. His work is dedicated to presenting reality through fictional narratives, using video as a medium to reflect on the nature and operation of various things. He currently lives in North America and Europe.