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THEFAKEDimmersesyouinsideofKATATONENKUNST,anartformproclaimedbyWilliamGibsonin1986.
THEFAKED
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THEFAKEDVR“Whatyoudowhenyousitinacanoewithheadlightsonandyouarestuckinatree?”
Isaid,“What?”
Mybodysnappingback,myheadturningindisbelief.Aretheyseriousaskingmesuchnonsense?IhaveaPh.D.inneuroscience.Iwasexpectinganinterviewandthatmyapplicationwouldbetreatedseriously.IdeservebetterthanawickedVoight-Kampfftest.Isaid,“Conclusion?”andpointedtotheDirectorofFinanceandsaid,“False,”thentotheHeadofHR,“True.”
ThiswaytheshortstoryTUACULPAbySubstance-Dbegins.Iftheselinesdonotringabellwithyou,thenyouarenotalone.Butiftheydothenyouarewayaheadinthefuture.Youknowthesecretsof
BladeRunner,youknowtheeffectsofSubstanceD.Youcangoogleonthem.ButwhataboutthesecretsofArt?Youcan’tgoogleinatwo
dimensionalworldtogripthecanoewithheadlightsonwhenstuckinatree.However,withTHEFAKEDVRyoucanleavetheflatworldbehind
andsneakintoaworldmadebyartistsofanewkind.Sadly,inTHEFAKEDVRyouareonlyavisitor,notacreator,notabuilder,notacoder.
Wesayyouareauser.
Thelifeofauserishard.TheGodsofInformaticskeeptheusersonashortleash.Thetimewillcomewheneveryonewillextendthenow,
whichiscalledtherealworld,toreachoutbeyondaworldfacingglobalwarming,toreachoutallthewaytotherifthorizon.Infact,thetime
hasalreadycomewhenyoucancreatesuchworldsbyyourself.
THEFAKEDVR,forthefirsttimepresentedattheGrandOpeningofthewrongBiennale2019/2020,bringsaworldofArttoUnity(whichwas
madeinopensimulator)andisshowninGoogleCardboard.
HEADMOUNTEDDISPLAY
AllyouneedisagoodsmartphoneandaGoogleCardboardcompatibleheadset.Youdownloadtheapp,installitonyourAndroidandupyou
go.Thereisnoaccesstoanyofyourdatastoredonyoursmartphone.THEFAKEDVRstandsonitsown.Theuseissafe.Butkeepinmindthat
everyHeadMountedDisplaybringsyououtsidethenormalvisualfieldyouareinnow--likewhenreadingthistext.THEFAKEDVRisa
simulatedworld.Youmaygetdizzyandlooseorientation.Sopleasesitonachairwhenusingtheapp.Besttositonaswivelchairsoyoucan
easilyturnyourbodyaroundwhenexploringtheworldyouenter.Askafriendtostandclosebyyou,topreventyoufromslippingoffthechair.
Mostimportantly,readtheinstructionsthatcomewiththeHeadMountedDisplay.
WHATYOUWILLMISS
THEFAKEDVRcomesasasingleuserexperience.You,wearingtheheadset,strollaroundalone.Itismerelyademonstrationofadifferent
world,theworldofimmersiveinteractiveart.Theworldfromwheretheartworkshavebeentakenisavirtualgridworld,aworldpopulatedby
avatars,inotherwordsasocialenvironment.ThisenvironmentspanstheinternetandisaHypergridnetworkthroughwhichthousandsof
serversareconnected.THEFAKEDVRhasitsorigininCraftWorldandhomesinMetropolisgridandFrancogrid.
INSIDETHEFAKED
THEFAKEDVR“Whatyoudowhenyousitinacanoewithheadlightsonandyouarestuckinatree?”
Isaid,“What?”
Mybodysnappingback,myheadturningindisbelief.Aretheyseriousaskingmesuchnonsense?IhaveaPh.D.inneuroscience.Iwasexpectinganinterviewandthatmyapplicationwouldbetreatedseriously.IdeservebetterthanawickedVoight-Kampfftest.Isaid,“Conclusion?”andpointedtotheDirectorofFinanceandsaid,“False,”thentotheHeadofHR,“True.”
ThiswaytheshortstoryTUACULPAbySubstance-Dbegins.Iftheselinesdonotringabellwithyou,thenyouarenotalone.Butiftheydothenyouarewayaheadinthefuture.Youknowthesecretsof
BladeRunner,youknowtheeffectsofSubstanceD.Youcangoogleonthem.ButwhataboutthesecretsofArt?Youcan’tgoogleinatwo
dimensionalworldtogripthecanoewithheadlightsonwhenstuckinatree.However,withTHEFAKEDVRyoucanleavetheflatworldbehind
andsneakintoaworldmadebyartistsofanewkind.Sadly,inTHEFAKEDVRyouareonlyavisitor,notacreator,notabuilder,notacoder.
Wesayyouareauser.
Thelifeofauserishard.TheGodsofInformaticskeeptheusersonashortleash.Thetimewillcomewheneveryonewillextendthenow,
whichiscalledtherealworld,toreachoutbeyondaworldfacingglobalwarming,toreachoutallthewaytotherifthorizon.Infact,thetime
hasalreadycomewhenyoucancreatesuchworldsbyyourself.
THEFAKEDVR,forthefirsttimepresentedattheGrandOpeningofthewrongBiennale2019/2020,bringsaworldofArttoUnity(whichwas
madeinopensimulator)andisshowninGoogleCardboard.
HEADMOUNTEDDISPLAY
AllyouneedisagoodsmartphoneandaGoogleCardboardcompatibleheadset.Youdownloadtheapp,installitonyourAndroidandupyou
go.Thereisnoaccesstoanyofyourdatastoredonyoursmartphone.THEFAKEDVRstandsonitsown.Theuseissafe.Butkeepinmindthat
everyHeadMountedDisplaybringsyououtsidethenormalvisualfieldyouareinnow--likewhenreadingthistext.THEFAKEDVRisa
simulatedworld.Youmaygetdizzyandlooseorientation.Sopleasesitonachairwhenusingtheapp.Besttositonaswivelchairsoyoucan
easilyturnyourbodyaroundwhenexploringtheworldyouenter.Askafriendtostandclosebyyou,topreventyoufromslippingoffthechair.
Mostimportantly,readtheinstructionsthatcomewiththeHeadMountedDisplay.
WHATYOUWILLMISS
THEFAKEDVRcomesasasingleuserexperience.You,wearingtheheadset,strollaroundalone.Itismerelyademonstrationofadifferent
world,theworldofimmersiveinteractiveart.Theworldfromwheretheartworkshavebeentakenisavirtualgridworld,aworldpopulatedby
avatars,inotherwordsasocialenvironment.ThisenvironmentspanstheinternetandisaHypergridnetworkthroughwhichthousandsof
serversareconnected.THEFAKEDVRhasitsorigininCraftWorldandhomesinMetropolisgridandFrancogrid.
INSIDETHEFAKED
THEFAKEDVR
THEFAKEDbeingpartofTHEWRONG
AboutTHEFAKEDVRexperience:FirsttimeanAppforGoogleCardboard[THEFAKEDVR]
opensthedoortoanartworldcreatedinopensimulator.Ateamofinternationalartists
createdanimmersiveVRworldcontributiontothebiggestartshowintheworld,THE
WRONGBiennale.GoogleCardboardviewersellsforlessthan10Dollars.ForTHEFAKED
VRAppyouneedasmartphonerunningonAndroid.
THEFAKED,curatedbyKunstBlueisanembassywithinTHEWRONGBiennale,curatedby
DavidQuilesGuillo.KunstBlueisthefirstidentityinimmersiveworldswhogota
passportissuedbyNSK,theNewSlovenianKunstmovement,wellknownbyitsfrontgroup
Laibach.Laibachhasrebirtheditselfafewtimessinceitsfoundation,thelasttimewasat
theVeniceBiennale2017,proclaimingthestatelessstateofKunst.Kunstbecamethenew
termofartthatdiffersfromthetraditionalagenda.Oneofthevisionariesofthedigital
age,WilliamGibson,createdinhisnovelCountZero,whichledtothegenreCyberpunk,a
sensorialartthatcanbetouchedoutsidetherealworldbutisneverthelesslinkedtoit.
Thenameofthisartform:KATATONENKUNST.ItisdescribedbyGibsonas"stabbedart"
wherepinches,holesandbio-sensorsbringyouintothevirtualworldofKatatonenkunst
beforeyourealizethatyouarealreadyinsideit.
FollowingthemissionofNSKofaconstantchangeinthechange,THEFAKEDembassy
hostsvariousartworksandpresentsthemindifferentlayers,suchas:onopenwaterina
sailboat,intheairviadrones,undergroundinabunker,inVRthroughGoogleCardboard,
virtuallyintheimmersiveCraft-Worldgridoratreal-lifelocations[Cagliari,Italy;Leipzig,
Germany:NewportBeach,CA,USA].Thedifferentlayersoftechnologypointinvarious
directions.ThemostinterestingoneisTHEFAKEDVRwhichusesTHEWRONGROUTER.
Thisrouter,smallerthanasmartphone,canbeoperatedanyplaceonearthandbeyond,
evenonthemoon.AllyouneedisadownloadoftheApponasmartphoneandaGoogle
CardboardoracompatibleheadsetlikeOCULARBLUE.
THISISANEXCERPTOFTHECATALOGUE
KATATONENKUNST
pre-pub l ished for THEFAKED in thewrong
by Kunst B lue
BIENNALE. INSTITUTE
fb.com/groups/TheFakedVR
event.thefaked.com
THEFAKEDTHEFAKED
ONTOURONTOUR
LEIPZIG,GERMANY
SANTORINI,GREECE
NEWPORTBEACH,CA,USA
COSTAMESA,CA,USA
NICOSIA,CYPRUS
BERLIN,GERMANY
CAGLIARI,SARDINIA,ITALY
vr.thefaked.com
thewrong.org
THEFAKEDVR
THEFAKEDbeingpartofTHEWRONG
AboutTHEFAKEDVRexperience:FirsttimeanAppforGoogleCardboard[THEFAKEDVR]
opensthedoortoanartworldcreatedinopensimulator.Ateamofinternationalartists
createdanimmersiveVRworldcontributiontothebiggestartshowintheworld,THE
WRONGBiennale.GoogleCardboardviewersellsforlessthan10Dollars.ForTHEFAKED
VRAppyouneedasmartphonerunningonAndroid.
THEFAKED,curatedbyKunstBlueisanembassywithinTHEWRONGBiennale,curatedby
DavidQuilesGuillo.KunstBlueisthefirstidentityinimmersiveworldswhogota
passportissuedbyNSK,theNewSlovenianKunstmovement,wellknownbyitsfrontgroup
Laibach.Laibachhasrebirtheditselfafewtimessinceitsfoundation,thelasttimewasat
theVeniceBiennale2017,proclaimingthestatelessstateofKunst.Kunstbecamethenew
termofartthatdiffersfromthetraditionalagenda.Oneofthevisionariesofthedigital
age,WilliamGibson,createdinhisnovelCountZero,whichledtothegenreCyberpunk,a
sensorialartthatcanbetouchedoutsidetherealworldbutisneverthelesslinkedtoit.
Thenameofthisartform:KATATONENKUNST.ItisdescribedbyGibsonas"stabbedart"
wherepinches,holesandbio-sensorsbringyouintothevirtualworldofKatatonenkunst
beforeyourealizethatyouarealreadyinsideit.
FollowingthemissionofNSKofaconstantchangeinthechange,THEFAKEDembassy
hostsvariousartworksandpresentsthemindifferentlayers,suchas:onopenwaterina
sailboat,intheairviadrones,undergroundinabunker,inVRthroughGoogleCardboard,
virtuallyintheimmersiveCraft-Worldgridoratreal-lifelocations[Cagliari,Italy;Leipzig,
Germany:NewportBeach,CA,USA].Thedifferentlayersoftechnologypointinvarious
directions.ThemostinterestingoneisTHEFAKEDVRwhichusesTHEWRONGROUTER.
Thisrouter,smallerthanasmartphone,canbeoperatedanyplaceonearthandbeyond,
evenonthemoon.AllyouneedisadownloadoftheApponasmartphoneandaGoogle
CardboardoracompatibleheadsetlikeOCULARBLUE.
THISISANEXCERPTOFTHECATALOGUE
KATATONENKUNST
pre-pub l ished for THEFAKED in thewrong
by Kunst B lue
BIENNALE. INSTITUTE
fb.com/groups/TheFakedVR
event.thefaked.com
THEFAKEDTHEFAKED
ONTOURONTOUR
LEIPZIG,GERMANY
SANTORINI,GREECE
NEWPORTBEACH,CA,USA
COSTAMESA,CA,USA
NICOSIA,CYPRUS
BERLIN,GERMANY
CAGLIARI,SARDINIA,ITALY
vr.thefaked.com
thewrong.org
THETEMPLEOFKITSUNE
TheartworldthatwasselectedbyKunstBlueforbeingpresentedinTHEFAKEDVRAppis
THETEMPLEOFKITSUNE.ThefirsteditionofthisAppshows:
KITSUNE-agiantfoxcreatedbytheJapaneseartistAyuki.
TUVALU-amessageonGlobalWarmingbyKunstRed[USA].
TEMPLEOFTHENOMADS-presentingpaintingsbySwissartistPeterSeibtinan
advancedlightcubesystembyVenusAdored[Netherlands].
CLOUDATLAS-asurrealinstallationbySpaceCadet[USA]combininganmedievalhouse
facadewithabigbluecube.
BROKENTEACUP-apartoftheawardwinninginstallation'TeaTimewithTutti'by
SecondhandTutti[Ireland].
PLAN9-aneedleshipthattravelsintheMercatoriahypergridcreatedbyExyAtreides
[England].
THEASLROBOT-anoobsigninginaunknownlanguagebyArtEames[Germany]whodid
thescriptinginopensimulator.
ARTBLUE-ablueandaredaliensculpturemadebyVenusAdoredsymbolizingthe
visitorsoftheinstallation.Itoutlinesalsoeducationalaspectsforartstudents,art
teachersandpersonscuratingdigitalart.
TheartworldwasarrangedbyJulietteSurreal-D,whoworkedasco-curatorin1Biennale
2018.
WORLDINWORLDEXPERIENCE
TheTempleofKitsuneishiddeninaworld,abox,amatrix,aVRroom.Callitasitfitsfor
youbest.Whenyoulogin,whenyoutaketheCardboardapp,thenyouareinthisbox,but
youdon'tknowthereisaworldoutside.Youdon'tknowthatthereissomethingfrom
outsidelookingatyou.Whenyoucompletedthequestthenyouwillteleportthere,tothe
outerworld,andseethatthreelongleggedmaskittshavebeenwatchingallthetimeto
protecttheworldyouhavebeeninside.Thenyouwillunderstandthecrypticmessageof
theCloudAtlasandtheneedleshipPLAN9.
THREELONGLEGGEDMASKITTbyBrynOhexploringtheWORLDINWORLD
THETEMPLEOFKITSUNE
TheartworldthatwasselectedbyKunstBlueforbeingpresentedinTHEFAKEDVRAppis
THETEMPLEOFKITSUNE.ThefirsteditionofthisAppshows:
KITSUNE-agiantfoxcreatedbytheJapaneseartistAyuki.
TUVALU-amessageonGlobalWarmingbyKunstRed[USA].
TEMPLEOFTHENOMADS-presentingpaintingsbySwissartistPeterSeibtinan
advancedlightcubesystembyVenusAdored[Netherlands].
CLOUDATLAS-asurrealinstallationbySpaceCadet[USA]combininganmedievalhouse
facadewithabigbluecube.
BROKENTEACUP-apartoftheawardwinninginstallation'TeaTimewithTutti'by
SecondhandTutti[Ireland].
PLAN9-aneedleshipthattravelsintheMercatoriahypergridcreatedbyExyAtreides
[England].
THEASLROBOT-anoobsigninginaunknownlanguagebyArtEames[Germany]whodid
thescriptinginopensimulator.
ARTBLUE-ablueandaredaliensculpturemadebyVenusAdoredsymbolizingthe
visitorsoftheinstallation.Itoutlinesalsoeducationalaspectsforartstudents,art
teachersandpersonscuratingdigitalart.
TheartworldwasarrangedbyJulietteSurreal-D,whoworkedasco-curatorin1Biennale
2018.
WORLDINWORLDEXPERIENCE
TheTempleofKitsuneishiddeninaworld,abox,amatrix,aVRroom.Callitasitfitsfor
youbest.Whenyoulogin,whenyoutaketheCardboardapp,thenyouareinthisbox,but
youdon'tknowthereisaworldoutside.Youdon'tknowthatthereissomethingfrom
outsidelookingatyou.Whenyoucompletedthequestthenyouwillteleportthere,tothe
outerworld,andseethatthreelongleggedmaskittshavebeenwatchingallthetimeto
protecttheworldyouhavebeeninside.Thenyouwillunderstandthecrypticmessageof
theCloudAtlasandtheneedleshipPLAN9.
THREELONGLEGGEDMASKITTbyBrynOhexploringtheWORLDINWORLD
ABOUTTHETECHNOLOGY
TheAppwasprogrammedinthelabofKunstBluebyGeorg,a21-yearoldcoder,recently
finishinghisBachelorinAIattheUniversityofMalta.Georgisknownintheworldof
gamingbythenameHERZSTEIN.Theoriginalartworldwasconvertedfromopensimulator
[OAR]tounityandthenimplementedinaunityGoogleCardboardApp.
TheAppTHEFAKEDVRgivesanideaabouttheworldthatexistsinopensimulator.It
providesabout30%oftheexperience.Therearevariousreasonswhynotmore.Oneis
thedifferentlightmodelsbetweenopensimulaorandunity.Anotheristhesimulationof
waterandshadows.TheresolutionbetweenaLCDscreen[4K]andtheoneofa
smartphonediffers.AslongasthelenssystemsinaGoogleCardboardisquitebadthe
experiencewillalwaysfade.NeverthelesstherearesomemillionsofsuchCardboardVR
boxessoldsoitisgoodforapopularstartintothisstunningformofanartexperience.
Thetargetrightnowisthatatafinalstage50%oftheoriginalartworldof
opensimulatorcanbesimulatedinareasonableway.
ABOUTTHEORIGINS
HerbertW.FrankecreatedthefirstinteractiveartgeneratoronaTexasInstrumentsTI
99/4homecomputer,calleditMONDRIAN.Everyusercouldbecomeanartistbychanging
parameterstocreatelayersofmovingrectangleswithsoundpatterns.Thiswasin1979.
Now40yearslaterrecodedobjectsofH.W.Franke'sMONDRIANemanatelikemetalsrods
inanorbitalbombardmentintothebrainoftheusergivingartnewdepth,reclaimingart
itselfasausercreatedreality.Katatonenkunstisdigitalbornart.Willweheadtoa
Gesamtkunstwerkthatcreatesdigitallife?
MEETTHELONGLEGGEDMASKITTINVRANDASABRONZESTATUE
AfterhavingsolvedaquestyouwillteleportoutsidethesimulatedworldandmeettheLong
LeggedMaskitt.
BrynOhcreatedtheLong-LeggedMaskitt,afineartbronzestatue,thatwashandedoveras
anAwardforoutstandingImmersiveInteractiveArtatthe4theditionoftheSantorini
BiennaleIMMERSIVIAinlate2018.
BrynOhabouttheLong-LeggedMaskitt[from1Biennalecatalogue]:
“Essentially,theideaisthatatourstageindevelopment,weseemtobeabletodoamazing
technologicalandgeneticthingsbutinsomeways,wereleasethesetechnologiesfaster
thanwecontrolthem.
TheLong-LeggedMaskittisageneticallymanipulatedcreaturewhichstandsafewstories
tallandwalksthepollutedenvironmentsoftheworldwheremynarrativestakeplace.They
filterandfeedonthepollutedairthroughitsgasmaskmouth.Walkingindustrialcitiesand
clean-upsiteswhileslowlypurifying."
1biennale.org
ABOUTTHETECHNOLOGY
TheAppwasprogrammedinthelabofKunstBluebyGeorg,a21-yearoldcoder,recently
finishinghisBachelorinAIattheUniversityofMalta.Georgisknownintheworldof
gamingbythenameHERZSTEIN.Theoriginalartworldwasconvertedfromopensimulator
[OAR]tounityandthenimplementedinaunityGoogleCardboardApp.
TheAppTHEFAKEDVRgivesanideaabouttheworldthatexistsinopensimulator.It
providesabout30%oftheexperience.Therearevariousreasonswhynotmore.Oneis
thedifferentlightmodelsbetweenopensimulaorandunity.Anotheristhesimulationof
waterandshadows.TheresolutionbetweenaLCDscreen[4K]andtheoneofa
smartphonediffers.AslongasthelenssystemsinaGoogleCardboardisquitebadthe
experiencewillalwaysfade.NeverthelesstherearesomemillionsofsuchCardboardVR
boxessoldsoitisgoodforapopularstartintothisstunningformofanartexperience.
Thetargetrightnowisthatatafinalstage50%oftheoriginalartworldof
opensimulatorcanbesimulatedinareasonableway.
ABOUTTHEORIGINS
HerbertW.FrankecreatedthefirstinteractiveartgeneratoronaTexasInstrumentsTI
99/4homecomputer,calleditMONDRIAN.Everyusercouldbecomeanartistbychanging
parameterstocreatelayersofmovingrectangleswithsoundpatterns.Thiswasin1979.
Now40yearslaterrecodedobjectsofH.W.Franke'sMONDRIANemanatelikemetalsrods
inanorbitalbombardmentintothebrainoftheusergivingartnewdepth,reclaimingart
itselfasausercreatedreality.Katatonenkunstisdigitalbornart.Willweheadtoa
Gesamtkunstwerkthatcreatesdigitallife?
MEETTHELONGLEGGEDMASKITTINVRANDASABRONZESTATUE
AfterhavingsolvedaquestyouwillteleportoutsidethesimulatedworldandmeettheLong
LeggedMaskitt.
BrynOhcreatedtheLong-LeggedMaskitt,afineartbronzestatue,thatwashandedoveras
anAwardforoutstandingImmersiveInteractiveArtatthe4theditionoftheSantorini
BiennaleIMMERSIVIAinlate2018.
BrynOhabouttheLong-LeggedMaskitt[from1Biennalecatalogue]:
“Essentially,theideaisthatatourstageindevelopment,weseemtobeabletodoamazing
technologicalandgeneticthingsbutinsomeways,wereleasethesetechnologiesfaster
thanwecontrolthem.
TheLong-LeggedMaskittisageneticallymanipulatedcreaturewhichstandsafewstories
tallandwalksthepollutedenvironmentsoftheworldwheremynarrativestakeplace.They
filterandfeedonthepollutedairthroughitsgasmaskmouth.Walkingindustrialcitiesand
clean-upsiteswhileslowlypurifying."
1biennale.org
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FirstpresentedonNovember9,2019atSPINNEREIinLeipzig
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