(x, y, z)
(x, y, z)
(x, y, z)
Digital Art: 3D/CGI & Photography
The title (x, y, z) references coordinates that seemingly take one to a single point on Earth. However, terrestrial coordinates normally correspond to latitudes and longitudes while (x, y, z) is a deceptive reference to the Euclidean plane. This is reflective of the illusory essence of the piece.
(x, y, z) began as simple photos of my everyday life in Seoul - sunsets, trees, books. While rooted in these tangible elements, my piece draws the viewer into a virtual, surreal world, reflecting the in-between condition of humanity. Hints of nature and ecology provide the undertones of this new world, through mountainous forms, growth, water, and erosion. These are jumbled and reassembled using virtual duplication, glitch-like texturing, and other techniques. Seen together, these demonstrate how our world exists in a very real and yet a very virtual space. (x, y, z) is as an exploration of how the virtual blurs our borders, horizons, and realities, and accurately reflects who we are today. We are 'in-between' our past - real, palpable - and our future - incorporeal, ethereal.
The title (x, y, z) references coordinates that seemingly take one to a single point on Earth. However, terrestrial coordinates normally correspond to latitudes and longitudes while (x, y, z) is a deceptive reference to the Euclidean plane. This is reflective of the illusory essence of the piece.
(x, y, z) began as simple photos of my everyday life in Seoul - sunsets, trees, books. While rooted in these tangible elements, my piece draws the viewer into a virtual, surreal world, reflecting the in-between condition of humanity. Hints of nature and ecology provide the undertones of this new world, through mountainous forms, growth, water, and erosion. These are jumbled and reassembled using virtual duplication, glitch-like texturing, and other techniques. Seen together, these demonstrate how our world exists in a very real and yet a very virtual space. (x, y, z) is as an exploration of how the virtual blurs our borders, horizons, and realities, and accurately reflects who we are today. We are 'in-between' our past - real, palpable - and our future - incorporeal, ethereal.
The title (x, y, z) references coordinates that seemingly take one to a single point on Earth. However, terrestrial coordinates normally correspond to latitudes and longitudes while (x, y, z) is a deceptive reference to the Euclidean plane. This is reflective of the illusory essence of the piece.
(x, y, z) began as simple photos of my everyday life in Seoul - sunsets, trees, books. While rooted in these tangible elements, my piece draws the viewer into a virtual, surreal world, reflecting the in-between condition of humanity. Hints of nature and ecology provide the undertones of this new world, through mountainous forms, growth, water, and erosion. These are jumbled and reassembled using virtual duplication, glitch-like texturing, and other techniques. Seen together, these demonstrate how our world exists in a very real and yet a very virtual space. (x, y, z) is as an exploration of how the virtual blurs our borders, horizons, and realities, and accurately reflects who we are today. We are 'in-between' our past - real, palpable - and our future - incorporeal, ethereal.
PARACOSM
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THIS MAKES NO SENSE.
a paracosm
par·a·cosm·
/ˈperəˌkäzˈzəm/
noun
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a paracosm is a detailed imaginary world. paracosms are thought generally to originate in childhood and to have one or numerous creators. the creator of a paracosm has a complex and deeply felt relationship with this subjective universe, which may incorporate real-world or imaginary characters and conventions.
origin
from Ancient Greek παρά (para, “beside, alongside”) + κόσμος (kosmos, “world, universe”).
digital illustration
The central concept was an interpretation of paracosms as being surreal, hidden, messy crazy, personal. The elements of this artwork morph into something that fully
encompasses my individual paracosms.
Let yourself jump headfirst into this world of method within madness.
I didn't (and still can't) figure out my own exact paracosm, and somehow decided to harness this notion of uncertainty. I combined this with the ideas of surrealism, hidden realities, messiness, craziness and personal differences.
My dreams, a part of paracosms, have always been somewhat hidden to me. I know that I have very vivid dreams, but never seem to remember them. When reading about paracosms, I stumbled upon a psychologist who said that most of us have them, but just don’t know it. An infinite, expansive, dreamlike world exists in every one of us is, although hidden - this is the idea I sought to explore.
The range of (quite random) objects and forms represent the oddities and nooks of paracosms. These objects don't have any through line - some are bits and pieces from my life, my childhood, others just some random figures that popped into my head. Yet, they gel together; there is a method in all this madness.
There is a spectrum of colors - these not only create a surreal, iridescent feel but also reinforce the idea of hidden things, for the colors are infrared. The idea of thermography comes in here - an infrared camera locates hidden things through heat patterns. Little secrets come out vibrantly.
The piece is thus so diverse that it is open to interpretation, different parts may speak to different people. ‘This makes no sense’ makes no sense and complete sense at the same time. It represents our imaginations, our paracosms, for exactly what they are.
