The Exhibition
The Exhibition by Rockband 1 is the first part of a project set within Virtual Reality - a 30-minute walking loop of rooms and corridors similar to a gallery visit.Â
It features interactive video art installation, AI-critical images and dioramas addressing social fears, scanned clay sculptures with scale-altered internal landscapes, 3D lidar-scanned environments emerging from 2D films, and a liminal digital excavation site and music piece.
Throughout The Exhibition, the familiar and expected are progressively removed. Intended as a sincere portrayal of why VR struggles to imitate reality in essence, it functions as social art that engages with fears relating to an increasingly digital or virtual world.
Consistent testing was intrinsic throughout the project's development stages. The Exhibition was rebuilt multiple times based on local audience response and feedback to refine affordance in preparation for a beta release on the Steam and Playstation distribution platforms where it was well received.