100+ times of Audience-Participatory HMD VR Performance
바이오브 𝑩𝒊𝑶𝑽𝑬가 서울문화재단 및 서울시 지원 비고 작가의 개인전 《SPLINT》(2024)에서 다시 한번 VR 엔지니어로 참여했습니다. 우리는 2022년 국립현대미술관 고양 레지던시에서의 쇼케이스 및 한국문화예술위원회의 지원을 받아 비고 작가와 협업을 이어오고 있습니다.
바이오브 𝑩𝒊𝑶𝑽𝑬는 Unity 3D와 Meta Quest 2를 사용하여 비디오 시스루(VST, Oculus 및 Meta에서 ‘pass-through’로 명명된 기술), VST 기반 증강현실(AR), 그리고 완전한 3D 환경 간의 전환을 특징으로 하는 VR 시스템을 개발했습니다. 이 VR 시스템은 서울 온수공간에서 열린 전시 현장에서 100회 이상 실행되었으며, 약 15분간의 관객 참여형 3D 가상 환경-실물 연계 퍼포먼스로 구성되었습니다. 본 개발은 서울문화재단과 서울시의 지원을 받은 비고 작가의 의뢰로 진행되었습니다.
𝑩𝒊𝑶𝑽𝑬 has once again partake as VR engineer of Bigo’s solo exhibition 《SPLINT》(2024) supported by Seoul Cultural Foundation and Seoul City. We’ve been collaborating since its 2022 showcase at MMCA Korea Goyang Residency & supported by Arts Council Korea.
𝑩𝒊𝑶𝑽𝑬 developed a VR system using Unity 3D and Meta Quest 2, that features a seamless transition between video-see-through (VST, or coined as “pass-through” by Oculus, Meta), VST-based AR, and full-3D environment. The VR system was performed for more than 100 times on site at the exhibition in Onsu Gonggan, Seoul. It was audience-participatory 3D virtual performance with approximately 15-min duration. This development was commissioned by Bigo’s support from Seoul Cultural Foundation and Seoul City.
Exhibition Information
RSVP: https://calendly.com/joannejrkim/splint_performance
Bigo Solo Exhibition 《Splint》
August 30, 2024 – September 8, 2024
(Daily from 2 PM to 8 PM, closed on Mondays)
Onsu Gong-Gan (@os_gonggan, 74 World Cup Buk-ro 1-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul)
Exhibition Opening: August 30, 2024, at 6 PM
Artist Talk: September 1, 2024, at 3 PM
Bigo has been exploring how our bodies perceive and sense the world, and where the beliefs we hold about our bodies come from when they collide with scientific facts. Bigo also considers how the results of scientific proof are accepted as new beliefs within society.
In this exhibition, the artist will showcase earlier works such as tOOOOOrso (2016, 2017) and the new VR performance piece Splint (2024), as well as the 3-channel 3D animation video and 6-channel sound installation Splint, Me, Mom, Grandma (2023), Additionally, the exhibition features pieces from the Dream Drawing series (2022-2024), which include foil stamping drawings and punch needle embroidery works.
Particularly noteworthy is the new VR performance piece Splint (2024), based on the artist’s experience of hypnagogic hallucinations due to sleep apnea during their participation in the MMCA Goyang Residency in 2022. The artist views the VR device as a second body that delicately blends the virtual and the real, questioning whether it is possible to create a new boundary experience through this artwork. In this piece, the audience is invited into the artist’s room to watch the VR content alone, while a real performer appears holographically to guide a meditation session that makes the body feel as if it is stretching.
The VR performance experience (with a runtime of approximately 18 minutes) will operate daily from 2 PM to 7:30 PM in 30-minute intervals and requires a reservation. Reservations will open on August 12th (announced on Instagram). Joanne Kim (Curator)
Credit
글, 연출: 비고 @b_i_g_o_
내레이션: 비고, 최도혁 @doc.ci
발전, 퍼포먼스: 유지영, 정여은 @youzee0 @rootofdream
VR 개발: 바이오브(염인화) @biove.io @yinhwa.art
음악, 사운드디자인: 김현수 @sarinnim
360영상 촬영, 편집: 주명훈
3D 스캔: 박동준 @djparkjakka
3D 애니메이션: 비고, 안지혁 @nolose3d
글쓰기 자문: 임지은 @limjieunpoem
번역 감수: 에이미 강 @queenkahng
코디네이션: 박상은, 최도혁 @sanguine_park
비고 개인전 《스플린트》
큐레이터: 죠앤 킴 @joannejrkim
기간: 2024년 8월 30일 – 2024년 9월 8일
시간: 오후 2시 – 8시 (월요일 휴무)
장소: 온수공간 1-3층
관람료: 무료
주최, 주관: 비고
후원: 서울특별시, 서울문화재단
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