Aura
Winter 2016
Chen Hsiang Fu
3D Selfie Stick
Theresa Reimann-Dubbers
A(.I.) Messianic Window
Max Wohlleber
BeuysDIY
Max Wohlleber
Bilderflut
Theresa Reimann-Dubbers
Dionysus <-> Satyr: A Metaphorical Reunion
Chen Hsiang Fu
From Blank
Andy King
Hero with a Thousand Faces
Andy King
IAE_Haikus
Chen Hsiang Fu
Momento Mori
Hsiao Li-Chi
Mountains in Rain
Andy King
My Very Own Personal Louvre
Lugh O’Neill
On Behalf of Deterioration
Hsiao Li-Chi
Portrait
Theresa Reimann-Dubbers
rePRESENT rePLACE rePRODUCE
Valerian Blos
The Aura Harvester
Lugh O’Neill
The Veil of St. Veronica plc
Andy King
Yves Klein Jigsaw Puzzle
Elias Asisi
∞EXPO
Lugh O’Neill — On Behalf of Deterioration
Aura — Winter 2016
‘On behalf of Deterioration’ addresses the superficial element of the abstraction of time and its representation, the illustration of a story upon its earthly existence, and presents Virtual Reality as a medium belonging to a long tradition of attempts made at capturing or framing the intangible essence of time, its transience, ephemerality, inevitable deterioration and renewal.
Each such attempt toys with the superficiality of depiction. The reality and integrity of the addressed object is overlooked by whatever endeavours are made for depicting its timely existence on its behalf.
The kintsugi technique for example, represented here in VR, pays homage to a deteriorated object by painting the seams of the objects reassembled parts in gold - this aim to illustrate the object’s earthly existence and fatality betrays the object’s essence and fails to conjure the integrity of its real presence.
