Gaika’s gothic future reality “Cathedrals“

NOWNESS Опубликовано: 15 февр. 2019 г. Get lost in the 2D version of a new virtual reality film by digital artist Rick Farin. Multidisciplinary artist Gaika, who provided original music for the film, is our oracle and guide, as we find ourselves on a reflective journey down a de-evolutionary path, “retracing the bell curve of technological advancements, and questioning the materiality of our devices and minds,” LA-based Farin says. Presented with a sensory-stimulating world where computer and nature are synthesized together on a cellular level, we encounter a myriad of mutated anthropological sites: the caves of Lascaux, a Gothic Cathedral, a primeval forest. “These locations have been infected by a neural-net generated virus,” Farin explains. “Trained on religious iconography and images of microchips, they have produced digital dioramas in which one can revere the symbiotic relationship between technology, thought and nature.” Created in association with the Royal Academy of Arts, Cathedrals is a response