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Nowadays, Hong Kong can only be perceived through the prism of our nostalgic (or futuristic) obsessions and fantasies about the city. This is the reduced reality of the METACURSE, the boundless prison we have built for ourselves out of endlessly replicated digital imagery.
METACURSE is also the name for a helmet evoking our current predicament. Projecting a hypnotising feedback loop, it confuses and complicates our surroundings for both wearer and bystanders.
Additionally, METACURSE is a short video exploring the personal outward, then inward journey brought on by wearing the METACURSE helmet.
如今，香港只能透過我們對這座城市舊日（或未來）之迷戀與幻想折射出來。 這就是 METACURSE 的窮現實，我們以重重疊疊數碼影像建造成的無邊監獄。
METACURSE 也是喚醒我們當前困境的頭盔。 它投射出連綿的影像，讓佩戴者和旁觀者更感困惑及迷失。
最後，METACURSE 是一段探索個人向外、然後通過佩戴 METACURSE 頭盔進行的內心之旅的短片。
At present, we are wearing the helmet, the digital gear of virtual reality. We hope that even this virtuality is virtual, in other words that we will no longer have to deal with it, but it is now in the process of annexing all possibilities for the moment, including the possibilities of art […]
– The Conspiracy of Art, Jean Baudrillard
METACURSE HELMET
materials: lasercut black acrylic sheet, iPhone X, Miroir M220 projector
year: 2023
designer & manufacturer: TypicalPlan
METACURSE VIDEO
year: 2023
length: 10’40”
language: English
concept & scenario: TypicalPlan
cast: Hans Leo Maes, Mark Lau
cinematography & camera: Bradley Aaron
sound design: Seb StJean
The METACURSE and its counterpart OFFCUT were produced for “Project Oi Kwan”. This project invited various artists to create work inspired by Oi Kwan Barbers, a traditional alley barber shop on Hong Kong island. The project was co-produced by Gallery In-between and Cheung Chau Wave and curated by Christina Brandt Jensen. The first presentation of works was during the In-progress event on Cheung Chau on 29-30/04/2023. The movie’s official premiere was on 17/11/2023 at the Night of Obsession during After Sunset Festival in the iconic Fringe Club in central Hong Kong. The premiere was accompanied by a performance by TypicalPlan. See here for more info on this and other TypicalPlan exhibitions, workshops, lectures etc.