Leeum Museum of Art SHAUN Kaleidoscope Eyes Exhibition - HYPEBEAST

Augmented Reality and virtual world were erstwhile held arsenic visions of a distant future. Just stating the words conjure up retro-futuristic films and TV shows, specified arsenic Star Trek oregon Back to the Future. As societal media has shown implicit the years, however, this idealized aboriginal is good wrong the contiguous and artists of each backgrounds person utilized AR and VR technologies to further grow connected their originative expression.

Amongst a fig of exhibitions exploring the matter, Leeum Museum of Art and Hoam Museum of Art successful Seoul presented an emphatic accumulation dubbed Kaleidoscope Eyes, wherever artists including Olafur Eliasson, KAWS and Julie Curtiss exemplified the originative imaginable of this burgeoning field.

Curated by Acute Art‘s manager Daniel Birnbaum, the lawsuit marked the largest organization accumulation exclusively pertaining to AR and VR artwork. But you don’t person to beryllium successful creation oregon subject to admit the show. Acclaimed South Korean instrumentalist SHAUN was invited to circuit the accumulation and arsenic an avid comics fan, helium understands the merits of AR and VR successful complementing each originative disciplines.

The multi-instrumentalist archetypal started his vocation playing synthesizer for indie-rock set The Knoxx, earlier turning to DJ’ing and producing. In 2018, SHAUN released his debut azygous “Dream” on with his precise ain EP TAKE the pursuing year. Having conscionable released his latest EP, Omnibus, Pt. 2: Inside Out, HypeArt spoke with the instrumentalist connected wherever helium finds inspiration and however AR and VR whitethorn seep into his aboriginal plans.

Read the afloat interrogation with SHAUN below.

Courtesy of the artist, photographed by Seunghoon Jeong/Hypebeast, produced successful collaboration with Leeum Museum of Art and Acute Art.

Can you callback your earliest memories of euphony and what pushed you to prosecute it arsenic a career?

I lived successful Guui-dong for astir a twelvemonth erstwhile I was a preschooler. I retrieve moving astir with my vicinity friends until my slippers came off, and 1 of my friends said helium had to spell to a soft academy, truthful I followed him due to the fact that I was curious. Since my person was already enrolled, I started soft academy too, due to the fact that I wanted to effort it. But I ended up quitting close aft finishing Bayer due to the fact that I didn’t privation to larn the scores. Even without a score, I tin conscionable perceive to a portion of euphony and play it similarly. I deliberation it was frustrating that I had to work euphony and cognize what the notes meant. Eventually, I stopped learning the classical soft and took connected philharmonic instruments specified arsenic the physics soft astatine home — playing the latest songs based connected codification and melody.

Every Sunday, my begetter played euphony loudly connected a record, and I would aftermath up to the dependable and play what I heard. Everyone was blessed to spot maine doing this, and I was besides blessed to spot my household liking it. I deliberation I ever thought and knew that I would spell into euphony without having clip to take a career. My parents erstwhile said that they wanted maine to take a unchangeable and promising job, but they didn’t halt maine ardently, truthful determination wasn’t overmuch tension. Thanks to that, I’ve been capable to bask and play euphony – thing I’ve ever wanted.

Inspiration comes successful each forms and astatine the astir random times successful the day. But what would you accidental consistently brings you inspiration connected the daily?

That’s right. It comes successful assorted forms and astatine an undecided clip of day. Unfortunately, inspiration isn’t free. So I’m ever looking for it. I effort to find caller tracks and euphony with absorbing absorption and techniques. If I hold for inspiration to travel to me, I wouldn’t beryllium capable to bash thing erstwhile thing large comes along. I perpetually support myself connected the lookout for that moment, and enactment to process the gemstone successful its champion information erstwhile it hits.

How astir art? Is determination a peculiar creator oregon play successful creation past that speaks to you?

Since I’m mostly funny successful cartoons and animations, I similar Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita – adjacent the manager of the movie mentation from Robert Rodriguez — 1 of my favourite directors. Katsuhiro Otomo’s AKIRA, Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost successful the Shell, and Hiroyuki Imaishi’s Cyberpunk: Edge Runners are besides immoderate of my favorites.

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Courtesy Of The Artist, Photographed by Seunghoon Jeong/Hypebeast, Produced In Collaboration With Leeum Museum Of Art And Acute Art.

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Courtesy Of The Artist, Photographed by Seunghoon Jeong/Hypebeast, Produced In Collaboration With Leeum Museum Of Art And Acute Art.

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Courtesy Of The Artist, Photographed by Seunghoon Jeong/Hypebeast, Produced In Collaboration With Leeum Museum Of Art And Acute Art.

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Courtesy Of The Artist, Photographed by Seunghoon Jeong/Hypebeast, Produced In Collaboration With Leeum Museum Of Art And Acute Art.

Do you see yourself a collector— beryllium it art, records, books, etc?

I don’t cod things systematically capable to telephone myself a collector, but I thin to bargain things that drawback my eyes. My interests are cartoons and animations, truthful I usually bargain figures, comic books, and goods. The items alteration depending connected the play and the works of my involvement change, truthful I person different apostle to unrecorded in. It’s truly a vicious circle.

For Kaleidoscope Eyes astatine Leeum Museum of Art, determination was a genuinely awe-inspiring acceptable of enactment from immoderate of the champion modern artists moving today. Can you speech astir your acquisition astatine the amusement and which works successful peculiar stood retired to you?

I was capable to conscionable galore absorbing works astatine the Kaleidoscope Eyes exhibition. Personally, I liked Olafur Eliasson’s Caring Northern Light the most. I thought that this enactment was precise akin to Leeum Museum of Art, which was built truthful that it would not harm the scenery of nature. It seems that Caring Northern Light, which harmonizes with the landscape, allowed america to determination betwixt world and the unreal. Meanwhile, Language by Ho Tzu Nyen allowed america to deliberation connected a analyzable taxable done colorful 3D and AR production, and successful the lawsuit of Julie Curtiss’ Lune, the connection was precise impressive.

What are your thoughts connected augmented world (AR) and the possibilities it tin bring to the euphony industry?

I cognize that online streaming utilizing augmented world (AR) exertion was extensively explored during the COVID-19 pandemic. I’ve besides participated successful specified an lawsuit once. The archetypal happening that comes to caput is related to unrecorded performance. It mightiness beryllium a small different, but the signifier of ‘Gorillaz’ and ‘Madonna’ astatine the 2006 Grammy Awards was rather a daze to maine arsenic a child. I retrieve reasoning a batch astir however they realized specified a signifier with the quality of the Gorillaz characters. Michael Jackson’s “Slave To The Rhythm” successful 2012 would beryllium a bully example, too, and successful 2018, determination was adjacent a signifier completed with AR exertion astatine the opening of the League of Legends World Championship.

From the standpoint of being precise caller to this area, determination was anticipation astir however the operation with the adjacent procreation of technologies would beryllium achieved. It’s really been applied rather a batch successful areas different than music, but it’s a shame that it’s not utilized precise overmuch successful unrecorded shows. I deliberation the information that visitors person to spot done the surface to bask the signifier combined with AR was the crushed for the excitement. But I deliberation we’re going to get a bully capable effect if we harvester the technologies that are astir to beryllium improved. For example, if AR glasses oregon interaction lenses are much wide distributed, I expect that AR volition beryllium overmuch much utilized successful unrecorded shows.

Can we expect immoderate art-related oregon AR projects from you successful the adjacent future?

I’ve really thought astir it, and I’m reasoning astir joining the party.