Degree Show 2023

“What you are, you do not see; what you see is your shadow.” -RobīndronathṬhākur。

Incredibly, nearly 40 years after the end of the Cold War, we still have to face the aggressive war that broke out between Russia and Ukraine. It seems as if the Red Horseman has never left us.

In this absurd war, the displacement of civilians is my primary concern because it symbolizes the complete loss of control of the situation. Civilians devastated by war have no strength to escape from this dimension of despair.

This randomly generated human silhouette created by digital media is used to map the brutal reality that displaced civilians constantly face — despair and a sense of being lost. It seems intangible, but at the same time, it is highly similar to oneself, like our own shadow.

Simulating the effect of a CRT display losing signal is one of the methods I use to reflect thoughts on war. This environment is filled with simulations of the impact when a CRT display loses signal. This is one of the methods I use to reflect my thoughts on war.

Kinect will recognize the audience’s silhouette and then transform into chaotic and unsettling glitch particle clusters through the program. The movements made by the audience in front of Kinect will be recognized, thereby creating more glitch particles that radiate outward. I use the visual effects of glitch art to express the sense of disorientation and powerlessness in war. This unsettling sense of chaos is directed towards the audience.