In his debut solo exhibition, The Glad Scientist shares two pieces, Justin Time and Black Iris, questioning the foundation of human relationships with space and time.
Justin Time is a poetic VR (virtual reality) installation personifying the concept of time. Based on research in quantum field theories and their implication on the human experience, it allows transport to a multiplicity of realities and questions the underpinnings of existence as an identified self. The installation is realized through poetry and virtual reality. Upon the walls of the gallery, poetry is painted as letters to (Justin) time, inquiring about its mysteries and indulging it with imaginative possibilities. Within virtual reality, a participant embodies Justin and is given the ability to travel between different time-spaces and freely and openly explore the environments within, absorbing the content as both the human they are and the embodied form they have acquired.
Black Iris is a sound-focused AR (augmented reality) installation embodying a reality where the eyes’ pupils are actually black holes. These black holes continually absorb the information around us, folding in on themselves to constitute the matter with which forms human brains and directs human bodies. This piece takes a stark and intense look at how people use their eyes and what makes up the worlds they live in.
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Closing Party (Performance)
12/22 19:00-23:00
2 minute walk from the East exit of Samezu Station on the Keikyu Main line, 13 minute walk from the East exit of Oimachi Station on the JR Kehin-Tohoku line.
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