BODY AS A FROZEN METAPHOR by Carincur (VR experience)

BODY AS A FROZEN METAPHOR is a hybrid device. A research and creation project that combines a Virtual Reality application, an album and a mixed reality performance which have programming, algorithms and artificial intelligence in common.
The project analyzes the connection between the physics and metaphysics of humanity, a reflection on the boundaries between human and machine. Through an interspecies dialogue without competitive dualities, I intend to show an idea of future ecosystems born from the fusion of technology and organic matter. Hacking what it means to be human is finding a symbiotic relationship with various intelligences where the flesh-body itself is a frozen metaphor.
For the sound creation it was used Artificial Intelligence as a collaborator. Different AI and machine learning tools were used to clone the voice of carincur, convert audio files to MIDI and even generate text. This sound base was later applied to the VR app developed to function as a music activation instrument.
In the VR app, even though traces of a past that continue to haunt the place are revealed, we find a simulation where past and future coexist in the perpetual tension of the present.
Visitors have the freedom to walk around the spaces and make free decisions, controlling the sound composition in real time. The VR experience has three different virtual environments that guide us through the narrative and allow us to freely compose the album's six songs. With each new interaction, a new and unique composition emerges. Created by the relationship of distance, nuances and sequence of gestures and envision the creation of new paradigms for unconventional sound writing.
The performance celebrates the 3rd full-length album of Carincur and takes place in both realities. The instrument played in the performance to interpret the songs was the VR application itself.
VR APP
Concept, game design and Sound creation BY Carincur
Virtual environments, Lighting and 3D animation BY Pedro Ribeiro
3D modeling and 3D scannings BY João Pedro Fonseca
VR and audio programming BY Filipe Baptista
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ALBUM
Written and produced BY Carincur
Played with VR Instrument
Additional vocals BY Çal
Mastered BY André Teixeira
Artwork BY Carincur and João Pedro Fonseca
Released BY ZABRA
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MIXED REALITY PERFORMANCE
by carincur
Production BY Pipsy Roque
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Supported BY
Portuguese Republic - Culture / DGARTES - Direção-Geral das Artes
ZABRA - center for posthuman creation and experimentation connecting art, technology & science
Wolfpack Iberia
Artworks
Desvio
Zigur - Associação Cultural
A Leste
Fá-lo
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