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PROTOTYPE SERIES
2023.1 - 2023.5
ARTIST
00 Zhang
CONCEPT, WRITTEN,INSTALLATION DESIGN, COMPUTER GRAPHICS, GAME DESIGN, VISUAL EFFECT
00 Zhang
ACADEMIC SUPPORT
Kevin Walker
MANAGEMENT & INTERACTION DESIGNER
Xiaoting Tan
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Qi Qi
GAME DESIGNER
Mathieu Bissonnette
SOUND ARTIST
Yeule
TECHNICAL ARTIST
Graham Wu & Yushen Ma
The project was initiated by the artist 00 Zhang and supported by the Zabludowicz Collection.
It was exhibited at the Zabludowicz Collection Invite from 11 May to 25 June, 2023.
Zabludowicz Collection Invites is dedicated to solo presentations by UK-based artists who do not currently have representation by a UK commercial gallery.
The Prototype Series is a world-building practice, it is an evolutive notion of what an experience and concept can be. The whole immersive experience consists of various art forms across sculpture, installation, CGI and interactive gaming work. It is an imaginary world that occupies the real space and engages viewers to transit between reality and the virtual world.
The digital world for Prototype Series is an experience of living from dystopian East London to a futuristic otherworld. Reflecting aspects of the contemporary generation who have a multicultural background
The players portray a band of brave travellers constantly lured to new and uncharted territory to overcome the crippling sorrow of estrangement; They are always pushed by a great curiosity and experiencing the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the self and its true home. I have also brought the idea of "exile" from Edward Siad. There is a constant awareness between the physical exile and the metaphor arising out of the imposition which allows the exiled intellectual to question freedom. The interactive nature of gaming allows for exploring the duality existing on both sides–one in the digital realm with chosen community, and another in the physical world.
Allegorised the reality of contemporary life, that the identity and cultural migration is not only attached to borders, cultural identities, gender and religion but also the rise of technology, the hegemony of big data and envisions a future in which machines, non-human entities, and digital landscapes coexist.
The Overture of Prototype Series
Game Design
The players portray a band of brave travellers constantly lured to new and uncharted territory to overcome the crippling sorrow of estrangement; They are always pushed by a great curiosity and experiencing the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the self and its true home.
Prototype 0026 The Mother
Interactive installation and semiconductor fridge
Prototype 0028 Embryo
Interactive installation
Prototype0029 Apparatus
Interactive installation
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