Here We Are – A Turing Torture, 2018

VR experience for HTC Vive, Oculus GoOculus Rift or Mobile VR

The audience finds itself surrounded by painted architecture, based on digitized acrylic paintings by the artist group 'The Swan Collective'. The accompanying voice over of an almighty programmer tries to convince the viewer, that s/he is in fact not a human being, but an artificial intelligence, implanted into a social media app. The audience's memories of a life leading up to the VR experience are said to be scripted by a writing team.

The experience uses Virtual Reality's power to take over your senses, in order to leave the audience powerless against the doings of a programmer.

 

Duration: 7:35 min

 

This VR Experience is available at the Radiance VR App:
radiancevr.app/video/20

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VIDEO LINK (ENGLISH VERSION)

VIDEO LINK (GERMAN VERSION)

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Felix Kraus is the founder of The Swan Collective and studied media art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and HfG Karlsruhe. He received the scholarship 'Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes'. The group mixes different techniques like 3D animation, painting, paper embossment, literature, photography and performance. Works of the collective were shown in places like Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Gallery W139 in Amsterdam, Kunstmuseum Aalen, Kunsthalle Schweinfurt and the Egyptian Museum Munich. As member of the Swan Collective he participated in various film screenings and shows, i.e. London, Berlin, Hamburg, Bolzano and Barcelona. He received the first price at the Bundesfestival Video Ludwigsburg for his film 'LiverFuckTM'.

This VR Experience is available at the Radiance VR App:
radiancevr.app/video/20

 

If you are interested in exhibiting or viewing this artistic VR experience, please send an email to us.

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