KunstBlue

THEFAKEDimmersesyouinsideofKATATONENKUNST,anartformproclaimedbyWilliamGibsonin1986.

THEFAKED

V IS IT E .V . · ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFTFÜR INTEGRIERTEWEITERBILDUNG · LE IPZIG · INFO@VISITEV.DE

THEFAKEDVR“Whatyoudowhenyousitinacanoewithheadlightsonandyouarestuckinatree?”

Isaid,“What?”

Mybodysnappingback,myheadturningindisbelief.Aretheyseriousaskingmesuchnonsense?IhaveaPh.D.inneuroscience.Iwasexpectinganinterviewandthatmyapplicationwouldbetreatedseriously.IdeservebetterthanawickedVoight-Kampfftest.Isaid,“Conclusion?”andpointedtotheDirectorofFinanceandsaid,“False,”thentotheHeadofHR,“True.”

ThiswaytheshortstoryTUACULPAbySubstance-Dbegins.Iftheselinesdonotringabellwithyou,thenyouarenotalone.Butiftheydothenyouarewayaheadinthefuture.Youknowthesecretsof

BladeRunner,youknowtheeffectsofSubstanceD.Youcangoogleonthem.ButwhataboutthesecretsofArt?Youcan’tgoogleinatwo

dimensionalworldtogripthecanoewithheadlightsonwhenstuckinatree.However,withTHEFAKEDVRyoucanleavetheflatworldbehind

andsneakintoaworldmadebyartistsofanewkind.Sadly,inTHEFAKEDVRyouareonlyavisitor,notacreator,notabuilder,notacoder.

Wesayyouareauser.

Thelifeofauserishard.TheGodsofInformaticskeeptheusersonashortleash.Thetimewillcomewheneveryonewillextendthenow,

whichiscalledtherealworld,toreachoutbeyondaworldfacingglobalwarming,toreachoutallthewaytotherifthorizon.Infact,thetime

hasalreadycomewhenyoucancreatesuchworldsbyyourself.

THEFAKEDVR,forthefirsttimepresentedattheGrandOpeningofthewrongBiennale2019/2020,bringsaworldofArttoUnity(whichwas

madeinopensimulator)andisshowninGoogleCardboard.

HEADMOUNTEDDISPLAY

AllyouneedisagoodsmartphoneandaGoogleCardboardcompatibleheadset.Youdownloadtheapp,installitonyourAndroidandupyou

go.Thereisnoaccesstoanyofyourdatastoredonyoursmartphone.THEFAKEDVRstandsonitsown.Theuseissafe.Butkeepinmindthat

everyHeadMountedDisplaybringsyououtsidethenormalvisualfieldyouareinnow--likewhenreadingthistext.THEFAKEDVRisa

simulatedworld.Youmaygetdizzyandlooseorientation.Sopleasesitonachairwhenusingtheapp.Besttositonaswivelchairsoyoucan

easilyturnyourbodyaroundwhenexploringtheworldyouenter.Askafriendtostandclosebyyou,topreventyoufromslippingoffthechair.

Mostimportantly,readtheinstructionsthatcomewiththeHeadMountedDisplay.

WHATYOUWILLMISS

THEFAKEDVRcomesasasingleuserexperience.You,wearingtheheadset,strollaroundalone.Itismerelyademonstrationofadifferent

world,theworldofimmersiveinteractiveart.Theworldfromwheretheartworkshavebeentakenisavirtualgridworld,aworldpopulatedby

avatars,inotherwordsasocialenvironment.ThisenvironmentspanstheinternetandisaHypergridnetworkthroughwhichthousandsof

serversareconnected.THEFAKEDVRhasitsorigininCraftWorldandhomesinMetropolisgridandFrancogrid.

INSIDETHEFAKED

THEFAKEDVR“Whatyoudowhenyousitinacanoewithheadlightsonandyouarestuckinatree?”

Isaid,“What?”

Mybodysnappingback,myheadturningindisbelief.Aretheyseriousaskingmesuchnonsense?IhaveaPh.D.inneuroscience.Iwasexpectinganinterviewandthatmyapplicationwouldbetreatedseriously.IdeservebetterthanawickedVoight-Kampfftest.Isaid,“Conclusion?”andpointedtotheDirectorofFinanceandsaid,“False,”thentotheHeadofHR,“True.”

ThiswaytheshortstoryTUACULPAbySubstance-Dbegins.Iftheselinesdonotringabellwithyou,thenyouarenotalone.Butiftheydothenyouarewayaheadinthefuture.Youknowthesecretsof

BladeRunner,youknowtheeffectsofSubstanceD.Youcangoogleonthem.ButwhataboutthesecretsofArt?Youcan’tgoogleinatwo

dimensionalworldtogripthecanoewithheadlightsonwhenstuckinatree.However,withTHEFAKEDVRyoucanleavetheflatworldbehind

andsneakintoaworldmadebyartistsofanewkind.Sadly,inTHEFAKEDVRyouareonlyavisitor,notacreator,notabuilder,notacoder.

Wesayyouareauser.

Thelifeofauserishard.TheGodsofInformaticskeeptheusersonashortleash.Thetimewillcomewheneveryonewillextendthenow,

whichiscalledtherealworld,toreachoutbeyondaworldfacingglobalwarming,toreachoutallthewaytotherifthorizon.Infact,thetime

hasalreadycomewhenyoucancreatesuchworldsbyyourself.

THEFAKEDVR,forthefirsttimepresentedattheGrandOpeningofthewrongBiennale2019/2020,bringsaworldofArttoUnity(whichwas

madeinopensimulator)andisshowninGoogleCardboard.

HEADMOUNTEDDISPLAY

AllyouneedisagoodsmartphoneandaGoogleCardboardcompatibleheadset.Youdownloadtheapp,installitonyourAndroidandupyou

go.Thereisnoaccesstoanyofyourdatastoredonyoursmartphone.THEFAKEDVRstandsonitsown.Theuseissafe.Butkeepinmindthat

everyHeadMountedDisplaybringsyououtsidethenormalvisualfieldyouareinnow--likewhenreadingthistext.THEFAKEDVRisa

simulatedworld.Youmaygetdizzyandlooseorientation.Sopleasesitonachairwhenusingtheapp.Besttositonaswivelchairsoyoucan

easilyturnyourbodyaroundwhenexploringtheworldyouenter.Askafriendtostandclosebyyou,topreventyoufromslippingoffthechair.

Mostimportantly,readtheinstructionsthatcomewiththeHeadMountedDisplay.

WHATYOUWILLMISS

THEFAKEDVRcomesasasingleuserexperience.You,wearingtheheadset,strollaroundalone.Itismerelyademonstrationofadifferent

world,theworldofimmersiveinteractiveart.Theworldfromwheretheartworkshavebeentakenisavirtualgridworld,aworldpopulatedby

avatars,inotherwordsasocialenvironment.ThisenvironmentspanstheinternetandisaHypergridnetworkthroughwhichthousandsof

serversareconnected.THEFAKEDVRhasitsorigininCraftWorldandhomesinMetropolisgridandFrancogrid.

INSIDETHEFAKED

THEFAKEDVR

THEFAKEDbeingpartofTHEWRONG

AboutTHEFAKEDVRexperience:FirsttimeanAppforGoogleCardboard[THEFAKEDVR]

opensthedoortoanartworldcreatedinopensimulator.Ateamofinternationalartists

createdanimmersiveVRworldcontributiontothebiggestartshowintheworld,THE

WRONGBiennale.GoogleCardboardviewersellsforlessthan10Dollars.ForTHEFAKED

VRAppyouneedasmartphonerunningonAndroid.

THEFAKED,curatedbyKunstBlueisanembassywithinTHEWRONGBiennale,curatedby

DavidQuilesGuillo.KunstBlueisthefirstidentityinimmersiveworldswhogota

passportissuedbyNSK,theNewSlovenianKunstmovement,wellknownbyitsfrontgroup

Laibach.Laibachhasrebirtheditselfafewtimessinceitsfoundation,thelasttimewasat

theVeniceBiennale2017,proclaimingthestatelessstateofKunst.Kunstbecamethenew

termofartthatdiffersfromthetraditionalagenda.Oneofthevisionariesofthedigital

age,WilliamGibson,createdinhisnovelCountZero,whichledtothegenreCyberpunk,a

sensorialartthatcanbetouchedoutsidetherealworldbutisneverthelesslinkedtoit.

Thenameofthisartform:KATATONENKUNST.ItisdescribedbyGibsonas"stabbedart"

wherepinches,holesandbio-sensorsbringyouintothevirtualworldofKatatonenkunst

beforeyourealizethatyouarealreadyinsideit.

FollowingthemissionofNSKofaconstantchangeinthechange,THEFAKEDembassy

hostsvariousartworksandpresentsthemindifferentlayers,suchas:onopenwaterina

sailboat,intheairviadrones,undergroundinabunker,inVRthroughGoogleCardboard,

virtuallyintheimmersiveCraft-Worldgridoratreal-lifelocations[Cagliari,Italy;Leipzig,

Germany:NewportBeach,CA,USA].Thedifferentlayersoftechnologypointinvarious

directions.ThemostinterestingoneisTHEFAKEDVRwhichusesTHEWRONGROUTER.

Thisrouter,smallerthanasmartphone,canbeoperatedanyplaceonearthandbeyond,

evenonthemoon.AllyouneedisadownloadoftheApponasmartphoneandaGoogle

CardboardoracompatibleheadsetlikeOCULARBLUE.

THISISANEXCERPTOFTHECATALOGUE

KATATONENKUNST

pre-pub l ished for THEFAKED in thewrong

by Kunst B lue

BIENNALE. INSTITUTE

fb.com/groups/TheFakedVR

event.thefaked.com

THEFAKEDTHEFAKED

ONTOURONTOUR

LEIPZIG,GERMANY

SANTORINI,GREECE

NEWPORTBEACH,CA,USA

COSTAMESA,CA,USA

NICOSIA,CYPRUS

BERLIN,GERMANY

CAGLIARI,SARDINIA,ITALY

vr.thefaked.com

thewrong.org

THEFAKEDVR

THEFAKEDbeingpartofTHEWRONG

AboutTHEFAKEDVRexperience:FirsttimeanAppforGoogleCardboard[THEFAKEDVR]

opensthedoortoanartworldcreatedinopensimulator.Ateamofinternationalartists

createdanimmersiveVRworldcontributiontothebiggestartshowintheworld,THE

WRONGBiennale.GoogleCardboardviewersellsforlessthan10Dollars.ForTHEFAKED

VRAppyouneedasmartphonerunningonAndroid.

THEFAKED,curatedbyKunstBlueisanembassywithinTHEWRONGBiennale,curatedby

DavidQuilesGuillo.KunstBlueisthefirstidentityinimmersiveworldswhogota

passportissuedbyNSK,theNewSlovenianKunstmovement,wellknownbyitsfrontgroup

Laibach.Laibachhasrebirtheditselfafewtimessinceitsfoundation,thelasttimewasat

theVeniceBiennale2017,proclaimingthestatelessstateofKunst.Kunstbecamethenew

termofartthatdiffersfromthetraditionalagenda.Oneofthevisionariesofthedigital

age,WilliamGibson,createdinhisnovelCountZero,whichledtothegenreCyberpunk,a

sensorialartthatcanbetouchedoutsidetherealworldbutisneverthelesslinkedtoit.

Thenameofthisartform:KATATONENKUNST.ItisdescribedbyGibsonas"stabbedart"

wherepinches,holesandbio-sensorsbringyouintothevirtualworldofKatatonenkunst

beforeyourealizethatyouarealreadyinsideit.

FollowingthemissionofNSKofaconstantchangeinthechange,THEFAKEDembassy

hostsvariousartworksandpresentsthemindifferentlayers,suchas:onopenwaterina

sailboat,intheairviadrones,undergroundinabunker,inVRthroughGoogleCardboard,

virtuallyintheimmersiveCraft-Worldgridoratreal-lifelocations[Cagliari,Italy;Leipzig,

Germany:NewportBeach,CA,USA].Thedifferentlayersoftechnologypointinvarious

directions.ThemostinterestingoneisTHEFAKEDVRwhichusesTHEWRONGROUTER.

Thisrouter,smallerthanasmartphone,canbeoperatedanyplaceonearthandbeyond,

evenonthemoon.AllyouneedisadownloadoftheApponasmartphoneandaGoogle

CardboardoracompatibleheadsetlikeOCULARBLUE.

THISISANEXCERPTOFTHECATALOGUE

KATATONENKUNST

pre-pub l ished for THEFAKED in thewrong

by Kunst B lue

BIENNALE. INSTITUTE

fb.com/groups/TheFakedVR

event.thefaked.com

THEFAKEDTHEFAKED

ONTOURONTOUR

LEIPZIG,GERMANY

SANTORINI,GREECE

NEWPORTBEACH,CA,USA

COSTAMESA,CA,USA

NICOSIA,CYPRUS

BERLIN,GERMANY

CAGLIARI,SARDINIA,ITALY

vr.thefaked.com

thewrong.org

THETEMPLEOFKITSUNE

TheartworldthatwasselectedbyKunstBlueforbeingpresentedinTHEFAKEDVRAppis

THETEMPLEOFKITSUNE.ThefirsteditionofthisAppshows:

KITSUNE-agiantfoxcreatedbytheJapaneseartistAyuki.

TUVALU-amessageonGlobalWarmingbyKunstRed[USA].

TEMPLEOFTHENOMADS-presentingpaintingsbySwissartistPeterSeibtinan

advancedlightcubesystembyVenusAdored[Netherlands].

CLOUDATLAS-asurrealinstallationbySpaceCadet[USA]combininganmedievalhouse

facadewithabigbluecube.

BROKENTEACUP-apartoftheawardwinninginstallation'TeaTimewithTutti'by

SecondhandTutti[Ireland].

PLAN9-aneedleshipthattravelsintheMercatoriahypergridcreatedbyExyAtreides

[England].

THEASLROBOT-anoobsigninginaunknownlanguagebyArtEames[Germany]whodid

thescriptinginopensimulator.

ARTBLUE-ablueandaredaliensculpturemadebyVenusAdoredsymbolizingthe

visitorsoftheinstallation.Itoutlinesalsoeducationalaspectsforartstudents,art

teachersandpersonscuratingdigitalart.

TheartworldwasarrangedbyJulietteSurreal-D,whoworkedasco-curatorin1Biennale

2018.

WORLDINWORLDEXPERIENCE

TheTempleofKitsuneishiddeninaworld,abox,amatrix,aVRroom.Callitasitfitsfor

youbest.Whenyoulogin,whenyoutaketheCardboardapp,thenyouareinthisbox,but

youdon'tknowthereisaworldoutside.Youdon'tknowthatthereissomethingfrom

outsidelookingatyou.Whenyoucompletedthequestthenyouwillteleportthere,tothe

outerworld,andseethatthreelongleggedmaskittshavebeenwatchingallthetimeto

protecttheworldyouhavebeeninside.Thenyouwillunderstandthecrypticmessageof

theCloudAtlasandtheneedleshipPLAN9.

THREELONGLEGGEDMASKITTbyBrynOhexploringtheWORLDINWORLD

THETEMPLEOFKITSUNE

TheartworldthatwasselectedbyKunstBlueforbeingpresentedinTHEFAKEDVRAppis

THETEMPLEOFKITSUNE.ThefirsteditionofthisAppshows:

KITSUNE-agiantfoxcreatedbytheJapaneseartistAyuki.

TUVALU-amessageonGlobalWarmingbyKunstRed[USA].

TEMPLEOFTHENOMADS-presentingpaintingsbySwissartistPeterSeibtinan

advancedlightcubesystembyVenusAdored[Netherlands].

CLOUDATLAS-asurrealinstallationbySpaceCadet[USA]combininganmedievalhouse

facadewithabigbluecube.

BROKENTEACUP-apartoftheawardwinninginstallation'TeaTimewithTutti'by

SecondhandTutti[Ireland].

PLAN9-aneedleshipthattravelsintheMercatoriahypergridcreatedbyExyAtreides

[England].

THEASLROBOT-anoobsigninginaunknownlanguagebyArtEames[Germany]whodid

thescriptinginopensimulator.

ARTBLUE-ablueandaredaliensculpturemadebyVenusAdoredsymbolizingthe

visitorsoftheinstallation.Itoutlinesalsoeducationalaspectsforartstudents,art

teachersandpersonscuratingdigitalart.

TheartworldwasarrangedbyJulietteSurreal-D,whoworkedasco-curatorin1Biennale

2018.

WORLDINWORLDEXPERIENCE

TheTempleofKitsuneishiddeninaworld,abox,amatrix,aVRroom.Callitasitfitsfor

youbest.Whenyoulogin,whenyoutaketheCardboardapp,thenyouareinthisbox,but

youdon'tknowthereisaworldoutside.Youdon'tknowthatthereissomethingfrom

outsidelookingatyou.Whenyoucompletedthequestthenyouwillteleportthere,tothe

outerworld,andseethatthreelongleggedmaskittshavebeenwatchingallthetimeto

protecttheworldyouhavebeeninside.Thenyouwillunderstandthecrypticmessageof

theCloudAtlasandtheneedleshipPLAN9.

THREELONGLEGGEDMASKITTbyBrynOhexploringtheWORLDINWORLD

ABOUTTHETECHNOLOGY

TheAppwasprogrammedinthelabofKunstBluebyGeorg,a21-yearoldcoder,recently

finishinghisBachelorinAIattheUniversityofMalta.Georgisknownintheworldof

gamingbythenameHERZSTEIN.Theoriginalartworldwasconvertedfromopensimulator

[OAR]tounityandthenimplementedinaunityGoogleCardboardApp.

TheAppTHEFAKEDVRgivesanideaabouttheworldthatexistsinopensimulator.It

providesabout30%oftheexperience.Therearevariousreasonswhynotmore.Oneis

thedifferentlightmodelsbetweenopensimulaorandunity.Anotheristhesimulationof

waterandshadows.TheresolutionbetweenaLCDscreen[4K]andtheoneofa

smartphonediffers.AslongasthelenssystemsinaGoogleCardboardisquitebadthe

experiencewillalwaysfade.NeverthelesstherearesomemillionsofsuchCardboardVR

boxessoldsoitisgoodforapopularstartintothisstunningformofanartexperience.

Thetargetrightnowisthatatafinalstage50%oftheoriginalartworldof

opensimulatorcanbesimulatedinareasonableway.

ABOUTTHEORIGINS

HerbertW.FrankecreatedthefirstinteractiveartgeneratoronaTexasInstrumentsTI

99/4homecomputer,calleditMONDRIAN.Everyusercouldbecomeanartistbychanging

parameterstocreatelayersofmovingrectangleswithsoundpatterns.Thiswasin1979.

Now40yearslaterrecodedobjectsofH.W.Franke'sMONDRIANemanatelikemetalsrods

inanorbitalbombardmentintothebrainoftheusergivingartnewdepth,reclaimingart

itselfasausercreatedreality.Katatonenkunstisdigitalbornart.Willweheadtoa

Gesamtkunstwerkthatcreatesdigitallife?

MEETTHELONGLEGGEDMASKITTINVRANDASABRONZESTATUE

AfterhavingsolvedaquestyouwillteleportoutsidethesimulatedworldandmeettheLong

LeggedMaskitt.

BrynOhcreatedtheLong-LeggedMaskitt,afineartbronzestatue,thatwashandedoveras

anAwardforoutstandingImmersiveInteractiveArtatthe4theditionoftheSantorini

BiennaleIMMERSIVIAinlate2018.

BrynOhabouttheLong-LeggedMaskitt[from1Biennalecatalogue]:

“Essentially,theideaisthatatourstageindevelopment,weseemtobeabletodoamazing

technologicalandgeneticthingsbutinsomeways,wereleasethesetechnologiesfaster

thanwecontrolthem.

TheLong-LeggedMaskittisageneticallymanipulatedcreaturewhichstandsafewstories

tallandwalksthepollutedenvironmentsoftheworldwheremynarrativestakeplace.They

filterandfeedonthepollutedairthroughitsgasmaskmouth.Walkingindustrialcitiesand

clean-upsiteswhileslowlypurifying."

1biennale.org

ABOUTTHETECHNOLOGY

TheAppwasprogrammedinthelabofKunstBluebyGeorg,a21-yearoldcoder,recently

finishinghisBachelorinAIattheUniversityofMalta.Georgisknownintheworldof

gamingbythenameHERZSTEIN.Theoriginalartworldwasconvertedfromopensimulator

[OAR]tounityandthenimplementedinaunityGoogleCardboardApp.

TheAppTHEFAKEDVRgivesanideaabouttheworldthatexistsinopensimulator.It

providesabout30%oftheexperience.Therearevariousreasonswhynotmore.Oneis

thedifferentlightmodelsbetweenopensimulaorandunity.Anotheristhesimulationof

waterandshadows.TheresolutionbetweenaLCDscreen[4K]andtheoneofa

smartphonediffers.AslongasthelenssystemsinaGoogleCardboardisquitebadthe

experiencewillalwaysfade.NeverthelesstherearesomemillionsofsuchCardboardVR

boxessoldsoitisgoodforapopularstartintothisstunningformofanartexperience.

Thetargetrightnowisthatatafinalstage50%oftheoriginalartworldof

opensimulatorcanbesimulatedinareasonableway.

ABOUTTHEORIGINS

HerbertW.FrankecreatedthefirstinteractiveartgeneratoronaTexasInstrumentsTI

99/4homecomputer,calleditMONDRIAN.Everyusercouldbecomeanartistbychanging

parameterstocreatelayersofmovingrectangleswithsoundpatterns.Thiswasin1979.

Now40yearslaterrecodedobjectsofH.W.Franke'sMONDRIANemanatelikemetalsrods

inanorbitalbombardmentintothebrainoftheusergivingartnewdepth,reclaimingart

itselfasausercreatedreality.Katatonenkunstisdigitalbornart.Willweheadtoa

Gesamtkunstwerkthatcreatesdigitallife?

MEETTHELONGLEGGEDMASKITTINVRANDASABRONZESTATUE

AfterhavingsolvedaquestyouwillteleportoutsidethesimulatedworldandmeettheLong

LeggedMaskitt.

BrynOhcreatedtheLong-LeggedMaskitt,afineartbronzestatue,thatwashandedoveras

anAwardforoutstandingImmersiveInteractiveArtatthe4theditionoftheSantorini

BiennaleIMMERSIVIAinlate2018.

BrynOhabouttheLong-LeggedMaskitt[from1Biennalecatalogue]:

“Essentially,theideaisthatatourstageindevelopment,weseemtobeabletodoamazing

technologicalandgeneticthingsbutinsomeways,wereleasethesetechnologiesfaster

thanwecontrolthem.

TheLong-LeggedMaskittisageneticallymanipulatedcreaturewhichstandsafewstories

tallandwalksthepollutedenvironmentsoftheworldwheremynarrativestakeplace.They

filterandfeedonthepollutedairthroughitsgasmaskmouth.Walkingindustrialcitiesand

clean-upsiteswhileslowlypurifying."

1biennale.org

KunstBlue

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FirstpresentedonNovember9,2019atSPINNEREIinLeipzig

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