Future Deserts
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With creatures great and small, Future Deserts wraps Art Center Nabi, a museum of digital art in Seoul, South Korea, in playful digital tendrils.
Code: Marpi
3D Artwork: Will Atwood
Operations: Christian Boullon
Producer: Jay Chen
Curation: Heeyoon Choi
In collaboration with: Art Center Nabi
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Ribbons of screens on the building exterior and the double-height lobby ceiling unmask slices of a generative, floral pattern. On closer inspection, these are revealed to be different views of the same creature, contained by the glass and steel of a modern Seoul high-rise.
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Inside, smaller interactive canvases invite users to become part of the unfolding environment. Floral geometries and multicolored feelers dance across clean, sleek spaces.
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Future Deserts was deployed remotely and exhibited at Art Center Nabi in Seoul, South Korea for the whole month of April, 2020.