The series was created in the VR program Gravity Sketch and consists of two parts: "Under the X-ray Roots" and "Magnolia.".
ARTWORKS / PROJECTS
under x-ray roots
& magnolia
& magnolia
"Under the X-ray Roots" explores the inner workings of the human soul. This piece can be experienced through VR headsets, allowing viewers to adjust the transparency mode so that the physical reality seeps through the virtual digital environment or fully immerse themselves in the virtual realm.
The detailed depiction of a tree’s structure, rendered as a shadowy X-ray image, reveals its internal system, emphasizing the vulnerability and intimacy of the VR space. This evokes the exposure of the "skeleton" of one’s emotional and mental organization. The image of a tree, stripped of its foliage and bark, resembles a bare neuron.
By immersing themselves in the optical space constructed by Tanya Yanni, viewers find themselves not only beneath the canopy but also beneath the roots of the tree. In the labyrinth of its root system, they can ultimately discover stability in the strength of the trunk. This labyrinth embodies life experience—the foundation upon which individuals build resilience.
The parallel to the tree is intentional, connecting the artist’s intimate bond with the natural world, the digital tree-like structure of data, and the intricate interplay of a resilient root system with the preservation of rhizomatic connections.
The detailed depiction of a tree’s structure, rendered as a shadowy X-ray image, reveals its internal system, emphasizing the vulnerability and intimacy of the VR space. This evokes the exposure of the "skeleton" of one’s emotional and mental organization. The image of a tree, stripped of its foliage and bark, resembles a bare neuron.
By immersing themselves in the optical space constructed by Tanya Yanni, viewers find themselves not only beneath the canopy but also beneath the roots of the tree. In the labyrinth of its root system, they can ultimately discover stability in the strength of the trunk. This labyrinth embodies life experience—the foundation upon which individuals build resilience.
The parallel to the tree is intentional, connecting the artist’s intimate bond with the natural world, the digital tree-like structure of data, and the intricate interplay of a resilient root system with the preservation of rhizomatic connections.
Under the X-ray roots
The second work, "Magnolia," is designed to be experienced in AR/VR, where physical reality intermingles with the digital. This VR experience features a blooming tree which, unlike the fragile yet cohesive X-ray tree, is devoid of roots. It highlights the instability of the tangible world, shedding pink petal-shaped polygons to reconfigure perceptions of the living and non-living.
As Marcel Duchamp suggested, the creative act is completed by the viewer, who deciphers and assigns meaning to the inner value of an artwork. The deceptively simple narrative of this series provokes a redefinition of binary relationships: subterranean and aerial, virtual and physical, minimalistic and lush.
The viewer becomes a witness to two perspectives, two facets of the same reality, unified by the tree’s form and the viewer's own presence.
MESS {XR Lab}
Curator: Elena Merkulova
As Marcel Duchamp suggested, the creative act is completed by the viewer, who deciphers and assigns meaning to the inner value of an artwork. The deceptively simple narrative of this series provokes a redefinition of binary relationships: subterranean and aerial, virtual and physical, minimalistic and lush.
The viewer becomes a witness to two perspectives, two facets of the same reality, unified by the tree’s form and the viewer's own presence.
MESS {XR Lab}
Curator: Elena Merkulova