Keiichi Matsuda’s – Hyper-Reality
Augmented Reality experience on media saturation. Plays with physicality/virtuality.
Final Stage – Showdown At The Lake House
|Real-time performance|
Studio Visit: Stages One, Two, Three, & Final” is a semi-satirical walk through the Rolfes virtual performance methodology; a fake Let’s Play that pulls apart the motion capture, VR puppetry, and dramaturgy of the team’s influential live stage practice as they walk through the digital worlds of 4 iconic performances.
(The concept of the digital twin was brought up. This is something I am currently interested in as my CISA essay is on AI voice cloning and authenticity.)
I was surprised to find out Serra worked on a video I saw a few months ago at ICA as part of the Another World exhibition. The video features a deepfake of Kim Kardashian in an ‘LA home’ setup, talking about the damaging effects of social media. The discourse was roughly around how capitalist narratives influence people around the world differently based on their backgrounds and social situations. It’s an interesting depiction of the current state of the media.
