PROJECT
The Wavy UtopiaWORK CATEGORY
3D AnimationPROJECT DETAILS
2023 Single-channel video, color, sound, 8’52”-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
With AI becoming a big part of our daily digital experiences, there's a bit of a snag. The AI personalization, meant to give us tailored digital journeys, unintentionally boosts some not-so-great narcissistic behaviors and shrinks our range of perspectives. This shift is making our society more manageable for big tech companies, and we're kind of stuck in this loop of narrow meanings and passive living that we've just gotten used to.
I built a world called the wavy utopia having a question: what if our future looks like if personalization due to AI becomes severe and people become more dependent on AI and technology giants? The Wavy Utopia is like a dystopian society hooked on collective narcissism, where everything looks the same, and diversity takes a back seat.
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This whole idea of everyone being the same, losing diversity and freedom. People have lost their individuality, and all look the same, melting like candles. As they melt and flow, they become one single mass.
In the omnipotent grasp of Wave, AI, every event unfolds. They observe, manage, and distort every circumstance.
It's causing some significant problems. We're talking about random hatred popping up, human connections weakening, and social conflicts sparking left and right. We're missing out on diverse thoughts that fuel creativity, and it's even affecting our basic human needs.
In the omnipotent grasp of Wave, AI, every event unfolds. They observe, manage, and distort every circumstance.
It's causing some significant problems. We're talking about random hatred popping up, human connections weakening, and social conflicts sparking left and right. We're missing out on diverse thoughts that fuel creativity, and it's even affecting our basic human needs.
PROJECT
The Narcissistic Mirage(Autostereogram/Magic Eye Book)
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Book Design, Editorial Design, ARPROJECT DETAILS
2021 Single-channel video, color, sound, 5’ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"The selfie phenomenon of modern society has people collectively hypnotized, just as Narcissus is hypnotized by his reflection in the water, we are hypnotized by our image in the screen.”–– Goeun Kim
We are teetering on the borderline between the authentic self and the self created by technology in the digital space. A lot of people, including me, struggle with a disconcerting dilemma—distinguishing their authentic identity from AI-generated images crafted from just a handful of selfie snapshots. While they bear a resemblance, they introduce a layer of uncertainty, prompting the fundamental question:
Is this portrayal genuinely reflective of me?
In an era dominated by AI and data, the capacity to conjure infinite virtual images is now a reality. The manipulation of images distorts our identities and molds our online personas, creating an intricate and confusing interplay between technology and self-perception. In this self-centric world, we have grown accustomed to the same generic backgrounds, colors, and styles. A dystopia where the range of aesthetic representations is tightly controlled by the AI-output is not far off. Suppose artificial intelligence controls the spectrum of image output in the virtual world. How easily would it be for a small handful of corporations to control what we see and how we see ourselves?
