2002
The Unknown Zone_Invitation1: Aliens
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Participants are led to a dark space where they encounter five floating motion pictures, entitled Medium, in a hallway. As they turn a corner, visitors are welcomed by four creatures: Chrysalis who breathes underwater, Persephone who cowers near the corner of the big main space, Siren who sings without a mouth, and Struldbrugg who transforms its head on the sand. These aliens, neglected and outcast from normal society, arrive at the Unknown Zone. By exposing themselves through a chasm in the unknown zone, they hope to neutralize their own isolation by colliding and communicating with the participants.
Chrysalis
Photoshop, Soundforge, Combustion, etc. (Video Camera: Sony VX 2000)
Chrysalis shows a mysterious figure that consists of a woman's body parts and hair. This piece uses 2D image manipulation, video composition techniques, sounds of water, and salt. Visitors who experienced Chrysalis often touched the floor to see if the water surface was real.
Persephone
Maya Paint, AfterEffect, Premiere, Photoshop etc.
Persephone shows the back side of a woman with a long hair. This woman resembles the Greek goddess Persephone, the daughter of Demeter and wife of Hades, who represents a medium between two distinct places. Persephone was produced using digitally manipulated images, hair animation and wind sounds.
Siren
Maya 3D, Soundforge, Premiere, etc.
Siren, the singing sea nymph of Greek mythology, is presented in a form of the fusion of two dependent bodies. This mysterious creature conveys its beautiful voice from its own fossilized body. Siren has no mouth since her body consists of two backs, yet she sings a song through her body to present her existence and to communicate with others.
Struldbrugg
V-works, Combustion, Premiere, Photoshop, etc.
Struldbruggs is an interpretation of immortal men from Gulliver's Travels. As Struldbruggs become old and frail, people in the country treat them coldly. Eventually, over generations of change in language and form, they are completely outcast from the civilization. The Struldbrugg is presented as a symbolic creature who lives at the border of time zones erasing its boundaries. He/she transforms into a transparent figure that is continually submerged into and emerged from the emptiness. This piece uses data captured by a real human head with CT scan, and transformed into a 3D image and retouched with V-works.