Abstract
SkyWindow: Immersive Interactive Art Installation
During 3 months of being quarantined in our tiny apartment, here comes the project, “SkyWindow”. The concept of the “SkyWindow” is the idea of being a mental escape from reality, especially under the unprecedented time. Being quarantine in an entire enclosure space continuously for numerous hours and days, people are desperately looking for reliefs in any possible ways. Through the artist’s interactive design, looking up to the imaginary sky (creating a “vision for hope” with digital media approach) could be the most enjoyable solution to get the immediate comfort without going out.
The “SkyWindow” is an immersive and intimate experience with sky-like projections on the ceiling like putting a void hole to it as an interactive installation. A dark environment with the projected sky/universe on the ceiling intriguing the audience to walk closer underneath. Further, the visual graphic will induce the audience to reach out to their hands like touching the sky to trigger the raindrops (meteor shower) and sounds falling from the “SkyWindow”.
The "SkyWindow" here metaphorically represents a piece of “hope” people can expect during the pandemic. No matter a planet far away in the dark or sunlight in the bright, it gives you unexpected joy and surprise in the design. Besides exposing under different spatial scenes, through this “SkyWindow”, waving hands in the air will trigger the (meteor) shower falling from the Sky which ironically implies the power of control that people have been losing it for a while under such an unpredictable moment. And the (meteor) shower implicitly refers to wash out all the illness and sadness for returning the clean and pure spirits.
“SkyWindow” as a projection-based interactive installation was selected to join the “Recto VRso 2021 ARTWORKS” online exhibition as one of the 30 pieces. Artist-researcher Judith Guez, the founder of Recto VRso, aims to invite artworks of artists, researchers, students, and explorers who question the virtual reality medium, directly or indirectly, so as to bring out new artistic forms. “Virtual Exhibition/Real Exhibition” was the main theme of this year's exhibition and the ARTWORKS online exhibition included pieces within a range from Generative Art, Interactive Art, Online Performing Art, Online Exhibition Design, 3D virtual model/environment…etc. Besides the online format to exhibit the artworks, the organization has developed a unique VR world, “Laval Virtual World” for the audience to free register and download to participate in diverse activities in real-time in this virtual environment. The activities included, lectures, talks, artists’ meetups, and performances.
Exhibited at Recto VRso 2021, April 14-16 2021
During 3 months of being quarantined in our tiny apartment, here comes the project, “SkyWindow”. The concept of the “SkyWindow” is the idea of being a mental escape from reality, especially under the unprecedented time. Being quarantine in an entire enclosure space continuously for numerous hours and days, people are desperately looking for reliefs in any possible ways. Through the artist’s interactive design, looking up to the imaginary sky (creating a “vision for hope” with digital media approach) could be the most enjoyable solution to get the immediate comfort without going out.
The “SkyWindow” is an immersive and intimate experience with sky-like projections on the ceiling like putting a void hole to it as an interactive installation. A dark environment with the projected sky/universe on the ceiling intriguing the audience to walk closer underneath. Further, the visual graphic will induce the audience to reach out to their hands like touching the sky to trigger the raindrops (meteor shower) and sounds falling from the “SkyWindow”.
The "SkyWindow" here metaphorically represents a piece of “hope” people can expect during the pandemic. No matter a planet far away in the dark or sunlight in the bright, it gives you unexpected joy and surprise in the design. Besides exposing under different spatial scenes, through this “SkyWindow”, waving hands in the air will trigger the (meteor) shower falling from the Sky which ironically implies the power of control that people have been losing it for a while under such an unpredictable moment. And the (meteor) shower implicitly refers to wash out all the illness and sadness for returning the clean and pure spirits.
“SkyWindow” as a projection-based interactive installation was selected to join the “Recto VRso 2021 ARTWORKS” online exhibition as one of the 30 pieces. Artist-researcher Judith Guez, the founder of Recto VRso, aims to invite artworks of artists, researchers, students, and explorers who question the virtual reality medium, directly or indirectly, so as to bring out new artistic forms. “Virtual Exhibition/Real Exhibition” was the main theme of this year's exhibition and the ARTWORKS online exhibition included pieces within a range from Generative Art, Interactive Art, Online Performing Art, Online Exhibition Design, 3D virtual model/environment…etc. Besides the online format to exhibit the artworks, the organization has developed a unique VR world, “Laval Virtual World” for the audience to free register and download to participate in diverse activities in real-time in this virtual environment. The activities included, lectures, talks, artists’ meetups, and performances.
Exhibited at Recto VRso 2021, April 14-16 2021
| Original language | English |
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| Media of output | Online |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Recto VRso: 2021 Artwork - Laval, France Duration: 14 Apr 2021 → 16 Apr 2021 |
